grif091
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| Posted: October 03 2010 at 10:51 | IP Logged
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Link records are 8 bytes long with a fixed field content regardless of the device involved. This means that some of the fields for some devices for some of the circumstances, serve no function. The Insteon hardware/firmware ignores fields that do not apply. More detail to follow.
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| Once you have all the check boxes at the top the way you have them, is there a way to save a "default" for Insteon Explorer so you don't have to re-check them every time? |
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Using Powerhome Explorer Setup | Controllers | Settings the Enable Pending option and others can be set as permanent options. File | Reinit may be necessary to see the changes.
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| I read something somewhere in the forums that says to check "Enable Pending", but I haven't been able to find it again, and wondered why we do this? |
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The Enable Pending option enables background activity which includes link updates and device Status Scan activity.
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I don't like to have "Status Scan" checked because frankly it's annoying while I'm trying to configure these links. Is that ok?
Since it's working the way I want it to, I figure it must be, but wanted to ask if everything else is setup ok...? |
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I do not run Status Scan for the same reason. Only if you have made device changes outside of Powerhome or the powerline is unreliable such that device state changes are not always seen by Powerhome is Status Scan actually needed. Some folks want Device Status to be 100% accurate all the time which makes Status Scan necessary.
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| Down to the actual links now. For the selected "FOYER LIGHT", I have it in two Insteon Groups - one that is just a test group (group 7), and one that is part of the "ALL LIGHT" (Panic Button) group 111, each set to a different ramp rate. For controllers, is this the correct approach to managing a single device in multiple groups, or "scenes"...? |
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Was not sure what the actual question is here. A device can be a responder in different Groups (Scenes) and can have different Bright Level and Ramp Rate in each Group (Scene).
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| There would never need to be another "PLC RESPONDER", right? There could be other responders, but not another PLC responder...? |
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No need for more than one PLC RESPONDER.
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| You can set "BUTTON ID" on the PLC...why? |
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Serves no useful purpose.
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| You can set "Desired Level" and "Ramp Rate" on the PLC....why? |
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Serves no useful purpose.
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| In a device where there is conceivably no ramp rate (in this case a SwitchLinc Relay) one still has Ramp Rates, Desired Levels, etc. available in the Insteon Explorer Links....are these just ignored? |
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These are ignored by the Insteon hardware/firmware.
Edited by grif091 - October 03 2010 at 12:14
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