Re: Momentary contact switch using Insteon?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

I don't believe it's possible or desirable. It would require continuous
powerline transmissions, blocking all other activity.

It would be possible if the switch itself sent a single on command when
depressed and an off command to the same address when released. This would
leave the powerline free while the switch was depressed but I'm unaware of
any Insteon switches that can do this.

You might get better answers to your Insteon questions on Smarthome's
Insteon Forum.

     http://www.techmall.com/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=9

What is it you want to do? If it's something that others might think useful,
Smarthome might respond by designing/programming a switch to accomplish it.
You might even be able to do it yourself if you buy their SDK although I
haven't really looked into whether this would indeed be possible without
changes to the hardware (i.e. I don't know whether it can sense switch press
and release).

RickH <passport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Can anyone explain how to create a momentary switch behavior using
>Insteon?  Where if the user is physically holding down a button then
>the lamp is lit, conversely, when the user lets go, the lamp goes
>out.  The lamp should never light unless the button is held down,
>conversely, the lamp should never go out while the button is being
>held down.  IOW the lamp is normally off and only on while someone is
>holding the button down.  Is this possible using any of the standard
>Insteon products?