Re: Insteon with 400amp service (2 panels)

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

How far apart are the two RF units?

When you initialize the RF units they need to be on opposite phases and
within RF range of each other. The range is rather limited. Both antennas
need to have the same orientation (i.e. both vertical or both horizontal)
for maximum range.

Someone <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I just got my Insteon starter kit and discovered that I cannot get the
>to Signalinc RFs to talk to each other. I have 400 amp service using
>two panels. I talked to Smarthome and they said they don't support
>this because they don't know if the signals will get through reliably.
>I thought maybe I could get things to work if I started with both
>phases of one panel. I had hoped that I could figure this out by
>reading what the builder had marked on the panel (which seems to be
>quite accurate). Once I got Insteon working across one panel, I was
>hoping two more Signalinc RFs would bridge the two panels.
>
>Am I missing something here? Is this even possible? If Insteon doesn't
>work, do I have any hope even for X10?
>
>Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
>  - Leon