Re: Insteon - WOW

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

An ESM1 _might_ confirm whether it's a signal strength issue. I say "might"
because my ESM1 seemed to report a higher level than what I could see on my
scope through ACT's Scope-Test 2 so I'm not sure whether to trust the level
indication. It is OK for detecting presence or absence of the Insteon
signal.

Are the scheduled events stored in the PowerLinc interface? It has a
software RTC but it is not battery backed so might be prone to losing its
time setting. I think the LED on the PowerLinc will flash if its RTC needs
setting.

"Mitch" <sumcoolgai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>OK...We've bumped into two reliability problems:
>
>1.  A light far from the powerlinc interface won't turn off on a
>consistent basis
>2.  None of the lights went off on Friday night as they were
>programmed.
>
>The front door light is the furthest geographically and probably
>electrically from the Mac controlling the lights.  Interestingly, it
>reliably goes on when programmed, but not always off.  Other lights
>don't have this problem.
>
>Also, Friday night, none of the lights went off as programmed.
>
>So, my hypotheses are:
>
>1. The front door issue is a signal strength problem.
>
>The Signalinc's were both on circuits that are off of the same subpanel
>as the Powerlinc.  I moved the signalincs to circuits that are off the
>main electrical panel and physically closer to the front door light
>switch.
>
>2. The Friday night issue was a "software glitch".  I am having my
>friend reboot the mac every now and then to see if the software just
>lost its mind.
>
>We'll see what happens.
>
>If anyone else has some good ideas, please let me know.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mitch
>
>Other background: about 20 icon and insteon switches plus 2 signalincs,
>1 powerlinc and 1 insteon tabletop controller with Indigo software on a
>Mac.  No X10 devices in the house.  2.4 GHz devices include phones and
>wireless LAN.  No other RF or powerline stuff I'm aware of.