Re: [mh] initial MH / XP / Insteon / PLM setup

[Marc M. <ma...@me...>]

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 01:49:07AM -0500, Clarence Brown wrote:
> hovering over it, but clicking it has no effect. The pull down has 8 
> commands, but only the on, off and 100% commands work as expected. The 
> +/-40 have no effect, and the 5%, 30%, and 60% all just turn the light 
> on, the same as the "on" or "100%" commands. Perhaps I'm not 
> understanding their function, but am I correct in thinking that the 
> +/-40 commands are supposed to act as a delta for dimming, and the 5,30, 
> and 60 are absolute dimming settings?
 
I find that toggling through the web interface doesn't work well,
appparently because insteon changes state after the web page is refreshed
whereas X10 changes it right away since it just hopes it worked (insteon
actually checks).
Not sure if that affects what yo usaw
 
> For the RemoteLinc I was unable to get the "link to interface" from the 
> item commands to do anything, I had to manually put each button on the 
> remote link into link mode, then I was able to use the "complete linking 
> as responder" command on the PLM. Now MH seems to sort of know what the 
> RemoteLinc is doing concerning off and on clicks, but it doesn't seem to 
> track it's dimming functions. Also MH does not refresh the on screen 

You have to put the remotelinc in listen mode and tail the logs to make sure 
mh is talking to it (debug=insteon of course).
After that, if you sync big things, it'll drop off listen mode too early and
you need to put it right back.
syncing remotelincs is a pain as you have to both link and then sync each
button separately and it can be slow (just had to redo it for big scenes on
mine, best something you do while watching tv because it's slow)

> status of the RemoteLinc's buttons or update the status of the light 
> controlled by the remote link. If I exit the items screen and go back in 
> to the Link Items then the status of the button has updated, but the 
> status of the LampLinc never updates when I use the RemoteLinc button to 
> control it. Also under Browse Items / Insteon Link, I see entries for 

it may not be linked to your plm.

See an example of scan all links from mine:
aldb 099e6801105 [0x0FF0] contlr(01) record to $dining_kpl(05), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:05)
aldb 0e074901105 [0x0F18] contlr(01) record to $fmr_kpl(05), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:05)
aldb 0e0749011e2 [0x0FF8] contlr(01) record to $fmr_kpl(e2), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:e2)
aldb 0e091201105 [0x0FE0] contlr(01) record to $kitchen_kpl(05), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:05)
aldb 129dfb011 [0x0FB8] contlr(01) record to $PLM(01), (d1:fe, d2:00, d3:00)

aldb 09942502102 [0x0F30] contlr(02) record to $lvr_kpl(02), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:02)
aldb 0a99e5021 [0x0F38] contlr(02) record to $lvr_lamp(01), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:00)
aldb 129dfb021 [0x0FB0] contlr(02) record to $PLM(01), (d1:fe, d2:00, d3:00)

aldb 099e6803104 [0x0F98] contlr(03) record to $dining_kpl(04), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:04)
aldb 0f2302031 [0x0F90] contlr(03) record to $entryway(01), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:00)
aldb 0e091203104 [0x0FA0] contlr(03) record to $kitchen_kpl(04), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:04)
aldb 09942503103 [0x0F88] contlr(03) record to $lvr_kpl(03), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:03)
aldb 129dfb031 [0x0F20] contlr(03) record to $PLM(01), (d1:fe, d2:00, d3:00)

aldb 099e6804102 [0x0F70] contlr(04) record to $dining_kpl(02), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:02)
aldb 0e0912041 [0x0F68] contlr(04) record to $kitchen_kpl(01), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:01)
aldb 09942504104 [0x0F78] contlr(04) record to $lvr_kpl(04), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:04)
aldb 129dfb041 [0x0F28] contlr(04) record to $PLM(01), (d1:fe, d2:00, d3:00)

aldb 099e6805103 [0x0F60] contlr(05) record to $dining_kpl(03), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:03)
aldb 0e0749051 [0x0F40] contlr(05) record to $fmr_kpl(01), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:01)
aldb 0f0f2a051 [0x0F48] contlr(05) record to $fmr_slav(01), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:00)
aldb 0e091205102 [0x0F50] contlr(05) record to $kitchen_kpl(02), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:02)
aldb 09942505105 [0x0F58] contlr(05) record to $lvr_kpl(05), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:05)
aldb 129dfb051 [0x0FD8] contlr(05) record to $PLM(01), (d1:ff, d2:00, d3:00)

Make sure your links are correct and that all buttons are linked to PLM

> Also I've noticed that what appear to be comments at the end of the IPLD 
> and IPLL button 1 lines after the "#" are showing up in the Edit Items 
> display as part of the "Options" field, don't know if this is normal or 
> a problem.

Those are mine. They are accepted by the parser but the web editor doesn't
like them. I only edit the config file on the server, not through the web.

Marc
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