Re: insteon, what goes on at the network level?

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can find the tech specs at www.insteon.com.


>Usually, the controlling device needs to be put in linking mode by
>holding
>down a button for 3 to 10 seconds, then at the device being controlled,
>a
>button needs to be held down for 3 to 10 seconds.
>
> What exactly is happening at the network level at each step? Or, what
> commands are sent and received?
>
> When you press a button on a controller, what is sent? Is it a
> broadcast or a one-to-one command? If it is one-to-one, since it can
> control more than one device, does it send out one command per
> device? Meaning some device would turn on sooner than other ones?
>
> Is there such thing as insteon network monitor (sniffer)?