I have been following ELA’s thread on comm. issues and have been thinking about moving the plm to an outlet at the main breaker panel. I would prefer to leave the ISY in my equipment room and run cat 5 to the panel for the plm. The cat 5 run would be less than 100ft. Would there be any communication issues between the ISY/plm or would it be better to move the ISY and plm to the panel?

 

2nd question. I am replacing my 2412s plm with a new 2413s modem. All of my devices are less than 3 years old, all have beep capabilities as well as dimmable LED’s so I am assuming all have v2 capabilities as well. I only have 2 rf devices, a triggerlinc and remotelinc. Can I set Advanced Options>Device Reported (right now it is set for Auto) in order to use the v2 (faster comm.) without any issues?

 

Thanks,

Tim

I believe I have read here. That some I2 devices don't implement the protocol properly or only support some of the protocol.

Hi Tim,

 

Please do NOT use Device Reported.

 

As far as 100ft, I think the safest length for an RJ45 is 50 so you might have some issues.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

Hi Tim,

 

When I moved my System PLM I assumed that I had to move the ISY with it. The communications between the ISY & the PLM is RS232 and it could definitely have issues over 50ft. There are also a few other connections in the RJ45 connector that I thought should not be brought out over such a long distance (possibly becoming an antenna for noise) . You could get lucky but I opted to move the ISY with the PLM to keep that RS232 link short.

I instead used a 100ft cat6 cable between my computer room and the ISY (Ethernet link). The cat6 was more for the future since I did not want to go into the attic again later.

 

May I wish you a very Merry Improvement,

Ela