armymutt Posted May 18 Posted May 18 We had a power outage today and the 6-button keypad that controls my office light/fan is dead. The fan has a Fanlinc installed. I don't have a spare keypad but I do have a toggleLinc switch. Can I use the switch to control the light and separate out the fan speeds in ISY, assign each one a name for Alexa and just use voice control to turn on the fan? That would be more desirable anyway than having to get up and hit the keypad. It's lazy, but that's what this stuff is for.
paulbates Posted May 19 Posted May 19 (edited) That approach sounds fine. With a but: Togglincs are powerline only, so you'll need to have good insteon powerline comms at that location for the switch to hear from the isy/plm Edited May 19 by paulbates
armymutt Posted May 19 Author Posted May 19 Do you mean a PLM? I have one of those installed already.
paulbates Posted May 19 Posted May 19 No. Go ahead an try it. The comment was that there is a limitation to the togglinc compared to the keypad that might or might not affect it's operatio in the location you're installing it
Brian H Posted May 19 Posted May 19 Could also depend on the KeyPadLinc's age. The early ones where also power line only.
armymutt Posted May 27 Author Posted May 27 (edited) Installed the ToggleLinc. Not super ideal if I lose internet, but it works for now. EDIT: Spoke too soon. The switch controls all power to the fan. If I physically turn off the switch, the fan shuts off and doesn't restart. Edited May 28 by armymutt update
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