cwitter Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 I was wondering if anyone has any need for some old Insteon switches/dimmers/keypads? I have a ton of them laying in a box. All of them were pulled in a working condition, before I switched everything to Zwave. I also have a serial PLM too. Anyone can have them for free, I'm just looking for the cost of shipping them. I've been falling over the box long enough and would rather not just recycle them. Link to comment
schleigh Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) I would be willing to take them off your hands. Let me know what I need to do. Chuck chuck@schleigh.com Edited October 7, 2022 by schleigh Link to comment
dwengrovitz Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Same - if there's more than can go to one person, I would also be willing to take some. Dave Link to comment
upstatemike Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Likewise. always interested in spares. Link to comment
balli Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 You can probably sell it for a small fortune. Look at the prices of used Insteon stuff on Ebay Link to comment
cwitter Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 Items spoken for. I have asked for any items not being used by this person to be shared with the rest of the community. Link to comment
balli Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Curious about your zwave experience given I'm facing a houseful of failing Instron equipment. Have you found a Zwave scene controller (ala Keypadlinc), than can be cleanly labeled? Link to comment
cwitter Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 I have some zooz keypads. I had one of my co-workers laser engrave the buttons. It's not perfect and the zwave scene support are a far cry from insteon, but it's supportable and works. Link to comment
xlurkr Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 14 hours ago, balli said: Curious about your zwave experience... How about popcorn effect when multiple devices go on and off? Doesn't bother you, or have you found a way to avoid it? -Tom Link to comment
cwitter Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 I'm not sure what you're referring to as the popcorn effect. I haven't really noticed anything strange. The biggest issue I've seen with the keypads are that they don't have anyway to turn on button to show the status of a light being on. This leads to things being out of sync when something is turned on with Google. The only workaround I have for that was to make the LED of the button always appear on. While it doesn't let me see the status of the light remotely, it does provide an easy way to find the switch button in the dark. Link to comment
xlurkr Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 popcorn = when you command two or more Z-Wave lights to turn on or off, they usually do so sequentially. For Insteon lights that are part of a scene, they usually all start responding to the scene command at the same time, and if they are dimming to off at the same rate, usually go completely off at the same time. You may not have multiple Z-Wave lights controlled by any keypad buttons, or your Z-Wave devices may be responding so rapidly that there's no noticeable effect, or you may not be sensitive to it. In any case, some of us who have started to switch away from Insteon do see it and are bothered by it. That's why I asked. -Tom Link to comment
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