I have a six button keypad switch in my ensuite that I am using to control the ensuite fan. The on and off buttons turn the fan on and off. The other four buttons are labelled as 15min, 30min, 1hour, 2hour. These are controllers in scenes with the on/off buttons set up to respond. So if any of the buttons are pressed the fan comes one. Also the hot water circulation pump is activated. And if the water closet door is open it turns that on as well. The water closet has a Lutron Z-wave switch that I bought when Insteon went out of business years ago. When any of these four buttons are pressed they activate a timing program in my EISY to turn off the fan scene that is running in the time listed on the button.

I was gifted a brand new Insteon On/Off switch in March. Tonight I finally decided what I wanted to do with it. Since my wife and I always select the 2 hour option I figured I would put this switch in the place of the six button keypad and then move the keypad to the powder room on the main floor to use the timer functions on that fan. I want to put a switch here because I have a Zooz 4 in 1 zwave sensor on the way that I plan to use the motion sensor to turn the hot water circulation on and the humidity sensor to turn the fans on. Just like the setup I have in the main bathroom.

I removed the keypad and installed the switch. I then added the device in the admin console. I was able to turn it on and off from the console. So I created a new scene to get it to control the circulation pump as well as the water closet fan. The first oddity was that the water closet fan would not update the command to "on" in the scene. I could do all the other commands (off, query, etc), but not on. This was minor. I plan to swap out all my Lutron devices with either Insteon or a device that follow proper z-wave protocols.

I ran into an issue when I tried to operate the switch manually. The status did not change in the admin console. So I tried to operate it with the console and it worked fine, but whenever I operated it manually it did not activate anything other device in the scene or update its status on the console. I tried a query and that worked. I opened the event viewer and when i sent commands or did a query I could see the traffic to device, but nothing if operated manually.

Is there something I should try to troubleshoot this? Or do I just have a bad device? I ended up putting the keypad back and restoring my IoX with a backup I made before swapping out the device.

Cheers,

K

Is this an i3 keypad?

No, the working keypad is from long before i3 ever became a thing. The switch that isn't working is also not an i3.

K

It likely needed a factory reset or it was defective. When including must use remove existing links.

I built a "test rig" with some spare parts. Its a power cable I cut and a plastic electrical box. I was then able to plug it in easily to test it. I did a factory reset with the air gap as per the instructions and then added it to my IoX again. Same issue. Responds to queries and sent instructions, but does not send a status change when operated manually.

Calling this one defective.

Thank you,

K

Well, I was wrong. I purchased a new on/off switch and put it into my test rig. It acts exactly the same way.

I added it to the admin console and that worked. I can once again control and query it from the EISY, but when I operate it manually it does not update its status. Since this is a brand new device I am sure that the problem is not the switch itself.

I now have two good, but not really working switches.

K

I'm starting to think it could be your PLM. Do you have a spare on hand?

Not a good one. I originally had a USB PLM that was connected to a Raspberry Pi. I then upgraded to an ISY994 and bought a Serial PLM to go with it. When I upgraded to the EISY I used the USB PLM, but a couple years ago it failed and I switched to the serial PLM.

K

@K-bert , please try performing a device link table read/compare (right click device on Console tree, select Diagnostics/Show device Links Table). Examples below. Bonus is you can have event viewer open on "Level 3" to record communications.

Please post the resulting table and the event viewer contents.

The Link table will show us whether you have the correct links in the device (Please provide current PLM address). The event viewer will show the communication progression, quality (hops remaining), and any errors encountered.

The PLM also requires a link in it's table, but that's a little harder to come by. Please post the above and we'll see if a PLM table read is necessary.

The examples below show a link table for a device that is linked ONLY to the PLM (53.BC.3A). It is the absolute minimum # of links for a device to function properly.

Link Table Read Selection

Link Table Contents

Event Viewer Communications

Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:12 AM : [INST-TX-I2  ] 02 62 18 93 83 1F 2F 00 00 00 0F FF 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C2
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:12 AM : [INST-ACK    ] 02 62 18.93.83 1F 2F 00 00 00 0F FF 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C2 06        (00)
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:12 AM : [INST-SRX    ] 02 50 18.93.83 53.BC.3A 2F 2F 00           (00)
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:12 AM : [Std-Direct Ack] 18.93.83-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=3, Hops Left=3
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:12 AM : [INST-ERX    ] 02 51 18 93 83 53 BC 3A 15 2F 00 01 01 0F FF 01 A2 00 53 BC 3A FF 1F 01 C2 
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:12 AM : [Ext-Direct  ] 18.93.83-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=1, Hops Left=1
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:12 AM : [INST-TX-I2  ] 02 62 18 93 83 1F 2F 00 00 00 0F F7 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CA
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:12 AM : [INST-ACK    ] 02 62 18.93.83 1F 2F 00 00 00 0F F7 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CA 06        (00)
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:13 AM : [INST-SRX    ] 02 50 18.93.83 53.BC.3A 2F 2F 00           (00)
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:13 AM : [Std-Direct Ack] 18.93.83-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=3, Hops Left=3
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:13 AM : [INST-ERX    ] 02 51 18 93 83 53 BC 3A 15 2F 00 01 01 0F F7 01 E2 01 53 BC 3A 01 00 01 CA 
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:13 AM : [Ext-Direct  ] 18.93.83-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=1, Hops Left=1
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:13 AM : [INST-TX-I2  ] 02 62 18 93 83 1F 2F 00 00 00 0F EF 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D2
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:13 AM : [INST-ACK    ] 02 62 18.93.83 1F 2F 00 00 00 0F EF 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D2 06        (00)
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:14 AM : [INST-SRX    ] 02 50 18.93.83 53.BC.3A 2F 2F 00           (00)
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:14 AM : [Std-Direct Ack] 18.93.83-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=3, Hops Left=3
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:14 AM : [INST-ERX    ] 02 51 18 93 83 53 BC 3A 15 2F 00 01 01 0F EF 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D2 
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:14 AM : [Ext-Direct  ] 18.93.83-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=1, Hops Left=1
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:15 AM : [All         ] Writing 0 bytes to devices
Tue 10/27/2026 09:47:15 AM : [All         ] Writing 0 bytes to devices