I am in the process of setting up all the links to my devices and KPLs (can't wait to get to programming!), and I'm look for ways to speed up the process. Each time I create a scene and add a bunch of devices to it, the admin console pretty much becomes unresponsive while it writes all of the links to the network devices.

 

I have another computer, so I opened up a second admin console on that computer. I waited until the first console was quiet, and changed the name of a device on the second console. Sure enough, the change was immediately reflected on the first console.

 

So, is it OK to use 2 admin consoles at the same time? (With the usual precautions - backup your work frequently, and don't work on the same devices at the same time.) This could be a great time saver.

Hi mozman,

 

It should be OK as long as you the changes you make are:

1. Not going to impact the same device and are for decoration purposes

2. They are not INSTEON related

3. They are not going to be long running

 

You can rename devices from the same Admin Console while the initialization is in progress. Beyond that, I really do not recommend doing anything else because most other things fall in one of the categories above.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

 

I am in the process of setting up all the links to my devices and KPLs (can't wait to get to programming!), and I'm look for ways to speed up the process. Each time I create a scene and add a bunch of devices to it, the admin console pretty much becomes unresponsive while it writes all of the links to the network devices.

 

I have another computer, so I opened up a second admin console on that computer. I waited until the first console was quiet, and changed the name of a device on the second console. Sure enough, the change was immediately reflected on the first console.

 

So, is it OK to use 2 admin consoles at the same time? (With the usual precautions - backup your work frequently, and don't work on the same devices at the same time.) This could be a great time saver.