ryanmccluretx

On 12/9/2018 at 4:25 PM, jackstone said:

Ok... first, could you tell me how would you like the driver documentation to be? I've tried my best to explain how to properly setup an Insteon system for Control4 integration, but since I'm the developer of the driver, I may have skipped some steps biased by having spent too much time learning how Insteon work. I would be more than happy to enhance the documentation, just let me know what you consider missing.

 

As for the slave dimmer sync, you WILL NOT be able to achieve perfect sync of ANY slave dimmer/keypad or other... Insteon protocol is too slow and discard any information packet coming from a module if another information is sent at the same time on the network... But the protocol will resend any "command" to a module if this one does not acknowledge reception. That mean Insteon is really reliable for any CONTROL behavior but lack consistency on the feedback/receive side. Even if you use all the native Insteon stuff with the hub and mobile app, it will miss some keypad or slave dimmer feedback. You have to live with that limitation.

Also, all the Link to PLM and auto-bind feature of the driver happen to be very buggy, so we had to remove it from the latest driver release.

The only way to get an insteon system integrate in a reliable way in C4 is to do all the linking and scene in Houselinc and then add the corresponding dimmer or scene driver in Composer. If you forgive the flaky feedback side, you can still get a rock solid system.

As for scene, just don't just C4 Advanced Lighting Agent with Insteon Loads... Build your scene with Houselinc, and use a scene dimmer in composer and then put this scene dimmer into the scene and it will work perfectly (don't expect navigator feedback for those loads though!)

Hey there, trying to integrate a brand new C4 system with my full insteon home - we have existing keypads, dimmers, switches, fanlincs, and a few old icon dimmers/switches. Though most of our equipment is newer (in the last 1-2 years)

Having trouble with the PowerLinc Serial Modem driver just controlling a single scene. We setup scenes 1-3. It will send one successful command but after that everything stops working, I have to unplug the 2413S modem and wait 30s, plug it back in, and try again to send another scene. My integrator told me he's getting an 'error synchronizing ALDB' after we try to send the second scene command. 

Your quote above talks about the scene driver and the dimmer driver only. Should I avoid the powerlinc serial modem driver?

We are running the latest version 

Thanks,
Ryan