Re: [mh] Insteon PLM installation help

[Gregg L. <gr...@li...>]

Quoting Tom (12/27/07 10:13 PM):

> I tried the following and received:  (00 E1 A9 is the address on the switch)
> 
> [root@linux sjinn]# ./rs232 -d /dev/ttyS5 -b 19200  -s "\h02 62 00 E1 A9 
> 0F 11 FF" --hex --verbose -r9 --wait .4
> 
> /dev/ttyS5 19200 8n1 +dtr -rts -cts -dsr
> send <hex>(2)(62)(0)(e1)(a9)(f)(11)(ff)
> wait 0.400000 seconds
> read 9 characters
>  4  0  0  0 84 4f 4b  0 10

hmmm.... I don't see that being any recognizable insteon pattern.

> The light does not turn on.

Unfortunately, that's tending to confirm write problems.

> When I manually press the switch I get:
> 12/27/07 10:10:10 PM Weather conditions retrieved.
> 12/27/07 10:10:29 PM [Insteon_PLM] Parsing serial data: 4a
> 12/27/07 10:10:29 PM [Insteon_PLM] Prepending prior data fragment: 4a
> 12/27/07 10:10:29 PM [Insteon_PLM] Parsing serial data: 4a5a

Ok--the bad news is that is virtually gibberish as real messages--even
fragments--eventually are much longer (even in the worst of cases).

> So there does seem to be some communication

Well--yes--sort of.  But, something seems very wrong--well beyond the mh
insteon logic.  What I am seeing from your various tests is that nothing
(mh's insteon logic or the above separate test) is able to properly
write to the PLM.  You seem to be able to receive some x10 signals. So,
receive is possibly ok.

I realize that you wanted to pair your SwitchLinc w/ the PLM using the
documented approach w/ the voice command: "complete insteon linking as
responder".  But, have you also tried the SmartLabs documented approach
for manual linking?  I did that for my first several devices before I
added some of the linking "assistants".  If it is linked, then perhaps
you might receive a proper insteon report from the switch.  If so, then
this may provide more info (although, I'm still at a loss to explain
your communications problems).

> Is there a quick way to test the PLM on a Windows machine?

I'm unaware of a comparable test unless you are able to run the above
test on cygwin system.  You could always attempt installing mh on a
windows system to trial it as others are successfully using it.

Gregg