Re: [mh] Using the Insteon PLM

[Dean J. <dea...@ms...>]

>>  I had one switch that
>> when sent a command would interfere with my home theater electronics
>> (I'm using RF to IR because of wood cabinets).
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> Are you referring to interference/coupling associated w/ the Wireless
> Access Points?  Regardless, could you elaborate?

I installed one dimmer insteon switch and every time I tried to turn it on =
or shut it off using the computer interface, it would change the settings o=
n my Denon receiver.  At the time I was using HomeSeer and they keep track =
of the polling success for each insteon device.  This one had a success rat=
e of 5%.  When I removed the switch, everything on my receiver started beha=
ving normal again.  This never occurred when operating the switch manually.=
  Also, this switch would lock up every now again.  The only way to reset i=
t was to disconnect power.
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> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:16:56 -0500
> From: gr...@li...
> To: mis...@li...
> Subject: Re: [mh] Using the Insteon PLM
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> Quoting Dean Junk (12/10/07 5:57 PM):
>> I am having problems getting some of
>> my insteon devices to react to commands as well.
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> If you can post pertinent part of the log when problems occur, that
> might help.  FWIW: At most, I occasionally see a slight delay (e.g., < 3
> secs) for some lights if excess traffic is occurring and peer routing is
> required.  So, reliability issues should not be considered acceptable.
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>>  I had one switch that
>> when sent a command would interfere with my home theater electronics
>> (I'm using RF to IR because of wood cabinets).
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> Are you referring to interference/coupling associated w/ the Wireless
> Access Points?  Regardless, could you elaborate?
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>> What are you guys using for motion detectors and such?=20
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> I still over-rely on too many x10-wireless motion detectors.  The sooner
> that I can replace them, the happier that I will be.  I intend to deploy
> several zones of the pulsors that Jason referenced before.  I also have
> a some hardwired, dual-band PIRs and use "zoned" video (via a xAP
> connector to zoneminder)
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>> My main one
>> (that hasn't worked for a while now) is the garage light.  I use the
>> motion detector to turn the light on and a timer to shut it off.  I also
>> have several lamp modules that I use for cabinet lighting that are X10.=
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>> Did you swap everything out?
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> If you mean powerline X10--then, yes--excepting a few devices for
> switching lights during the holidays.  Those will find their way to the
> landfill as soon as the holidays are over.  I intend to replace the
> motion detectors next--either w/ non PIR detectors (like the pulsors) or
> much better PIRs (hard-wired or something reliable like z-wave).
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> Gregg
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