Re: Insteon Test Report

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Yeah, but it doesn't tell us anything about Insteon's noise immunity other
than 120kHz is too close to Insteon's 131.65kHz.

Unless some of the lurkers from SmartHome will enlighten us I'll have to try
to borrow another starter kit and run further tests to see just what
frequencies will jam it. This will have to wait as I have other things that
will keep me occupied for a couple of weeks.

"BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Dave, that's exactly right. The Leviton tester I used sends discrete
>commands and the Insteon is repeating during the gaps. When I hold down
>any button on the MaxiController, Insteon is stopped dead in its tracks.
>At least the controller shows that the command was not received.
> This isn't too bad as stuck controllers are somewhat rare and at least
>there is feedback that the command was not received.
> In other news, last night I was able to send Insteon from the notorius
>bathroom to the porch light and other modules even though I'm not using
>the RF repeaters!  I attribute this to the "mesh network" approach where
>every module is a repeater. I have one wall switch and 2 app mods
>plugged in right now with one of those app mods in a closet next to the
>bath.
> I'm looking forward to installing some switches and modules this
>weekend and doing some more extensive testing. To All: Please add
>whatever tests you think of.
>
>From:Dave Houston
>nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>> ddl@danlan.*com (Dan Lanciani) wrote:
>>
>>> Could you repeat this test but substituting a standard X10 mini or
>>> maxi controller with the DIM or BRI button wedged on for the Leviton
>>> signal generator?
>>
>> I would also like to see it run with something that I'm sure is
>> sending continuously with no significant gaps. Insteon only needs 5
>> powerline cycles + 1 idle cycle for thr RF repeat. It might be
>> slipping in during the 6 cycle X-10 gap between address and function.
>