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Kremlar
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I just downloaded & installed PowerHome last night to help control my 60+ device Insteon network. I have been using HouseLinc, so most of the configuration is already done.
1 - According to HouseLinc, all my devices are crosslinked to the PLC. So, when I started PowerHome, I told it to read all devices from the PLC. This created entries for all my devices except for maybe 5 or 6. Any ideas on why all my devices weren't downloaded from the PLC?
I ended up adding the remaining devices manually.
2 - I noticed that now when I tell PowerHome to get devices from the PLC in the log window I end up with 2 red entries. I assume these are devices that no longer exist or are not responding. If so, how do I remove these?
3 - I went through and renamed all of my devices. I'd like to look at all the existing links I've created to be sure everything is clean, but I can't seem to figure out how to. I click the LINKS tab in Insteon Explorer and select a device that I know is linked to other devices, but nothing shows up in the Controller or Responder window. Am I doing something wrong?
4 - Last question (for now!) - I've seen people post in other forums saying that PowerHome has helped them find where they have unreliable communications and where to add filters. In general, my reliability is high, but I'd like to be aggressive and make sure my signals are as clean as possible. How could I use PowerHome to tell me how reliable my switches are?
Thanks in advance for any help!!
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Kremlar
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3 - I figured out how to get PowerHome to download my links.
I'd still appreciate any comments on my other issues, however.
Thanks!
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cmhardwick
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4 - look at the COMM reports. Also, on the DEVICES screen, if you scroll to the right, you'll see a column labeled RELIABILITY (I think). It's a percentage. basically, it's 100% - the percentage of NAKS received (no acknowlegement)
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Kremlar,
Welcome to PowerHome!!
On question 1, no idea really other than the PLC was not really linked to the 5 / 6 devices OR there was a communication error during the PING command. PowerHome uses the "GetLinks" command to retrieve the device ID's from the PLC. This tells PowerHome what the addresses are but does not tell PowerHome what type of device it is. To determine this, PowerHome sends a PING command to the extracted device ID's. No response from the PING command and PowerHome wont create the device. I would make note of these last few devices and put them on my suspect list for communication errors.
Question 2, Im not sure exactly what you're talking about here. Once you're retrieved the ID's from the PLC, then doing it a second time should not change anything (unless new ID's were added without PowerHome's knowledge). Red entries in the log I assume means the SDM log in the upper right hand section of the Insteon Explorer. Red entries indicate a NAK command from a device and would not necessarily mean that a device does not exist.
Question 3...one thing to remember about PowerHome is that most of the screens require a manual refresh to see changes. If you launched the Insteon Explorer, added some new devices, let PowerHome auto-discover the links in the new devices, and then go to the "Links" screen to see the links, they won't show up untill you refresh the screen. There is a refresh "text" above the middle "Devices" window that will accomplish this. You can also refresh the "Controllers" and "Responders" window without changing anything else by double-clicking on the currently selected row in the "Devices" window.
Cicero has you covered for question 4. Remember, you'll need to refresh the reports as well (changing from one report to another will automatically retrieve the latest data) to see the data. To gather enought statistics, make sure that Polling is enabled and you may want to go to the "Devices" screen and re-check the "Scan DB" column to make PowerHome rescan all of your links again. The more scanning PowerHome does, the more statistics will be generated and the better you'll be able to spot trends and problem areas. Just remember that if you make any significant changes to your network, you'll want to reset the statistics (Devices screen) to see what effect the changes may have made.
Hope this helps,
Dave.
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