rick.curl Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 Over time I have ended up with various access points, phase couplers, signal enhancers, and range extenders in my Insteon system. Can someone tell me if all of these are still supported? I've got 2442 signal enhancers, 2443 access points, and 2992 range extenders. Should I toss any of these? Thanks! -Rick
lilyoyo1 Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 depends on your network. Unplug all of them. Does your system still work? If yes, they're uneeded. If no, they're needed. At a minimum, you could possibly get rid of the 2442 as the rf frequency is different than newer devices
Brian H Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 I would also say. Think of at least getting the old 2442 SignalLInc RF modules. Besides using the old 904MHz RF that will not communicate with other Dual Band or signal extenders. It may not handle the later Insteon protocols.
stevehoyt Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 I had been wondering the same thing myself. I have had 5 2443's in my network since forever, probably X-10 days. Given that I now have 70 dual band devices running I wondered why have the 2443's? Software version ranged from v 1.6 to 2.1. Anyway, I pulled them all out a few days ago, and magically all my " failed to communicate " problems went away. Will see if it stays that way. Just an anecdote. I am still seeing the "hops left" on all transmissions be either 0 or 1....mostly zero. So no change there.
Brian H Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 The v1.6 to 2.1 sounds like the hardware version. They normally didn't put the software revision on the label. Any hardware revision of 2.0 and higher. Where using the same main board as the 2413S PLM. I had a pair of them go bad and got a similar communications errors. I rebuilt them like a 2413S PLM and they started working again. With that many Dual Band modules. I would not expect you needing any of them.
rick.curl Posted February 3, 2022 Author Posted February 3, 2022 On 2/1/2022 at 11:16 AM, stevehoyt said: Anyway, I pulled them all out a few days ago, and magically all my " failed to communicate " problems went away. Will see if it stays that way. Steve- If you're interested in selling any of those 2443's I'd love to get them. I'll bet if I re-cap them they will work fine. -Rick
hart2hart Posted February 3, 2022 Posted February 3, 2022 Steve- If you're interested in selling any of those 2443's I'd love to get them. I'll bet if I re-cap them they will work fine. -Rick I recapped mine and they live again. May get rid of them someday but they are behind stuff and my Insteon network is near 100% so not gonna fix a running system. Lol
Brian H Posted February 3, 2022 Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) The revision 2 Access Points are on the same 2413 PLM main board and would be caped the same way The revision 1 Access points are on the PowerLinc III main board module and have different capacitors. 1000uF/25V, 470uF/50V, 100uF/6.3V. Along with a unregulated transformer style DC supply. Closer to around 18VDC. It also has a RF daughter board plugged into the 8 pin socket on the main board. The 2413 style doesn't have a daughter board as it has RF communications on the main board. Edited February 3, 2022 by Brian H add information
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