What is the reliability of your Insteon network

[leerogers]

I am curious how reliable your Insteon network is... After ~250K commands on many of my devices, most of my devices are showing 99% but few are pretty low. Is this normal in the community? Should I expect a more reliable network?

SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (5440 failed out of 392181 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 Relay		99% (5 failed out of 422 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (4886 failed out of 380801 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 Relay		99% (4089 failed out of 373553 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (3994 failed out of 375139 cmds)
LampLinc V2 3-Pin			99% (3655 failed out of 352054 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (3612 failed out of 289135 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (3588 failed out of 389304 cmds)
LampLinc V2 3-Pin			99% (3359 failed out of 346948 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (3182 failed out of 343283 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (3137 failed out of 378122 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (2965 failed out of 370811 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (294 failed out of 27339 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (2559 failed out of 337791 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (2127 failed out of 367056 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 Relay		99% (2035 failed out of 374936 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (1969 failed out of 334266 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (1882 failed out of 331362 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (1740 failed out of 246547 cmds)
OutletLinc			99% (1682 failed out of 282401 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (16 failed out of 1316 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (1428 failed out of 235372 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		99% (1006 failed out of 167098 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 On/Off with Sense	98% (7 failed out of 435 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 Relay		98% (6938 failed out of 394536 cmds)
Device Type 0608			98% (57 failed out of 3538 cmds)
KeypadLinc V2 Dimmer		98% (27 failed out of 1597 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 On/Off with Sense	98% (22 failed out of 1229 cmds)
OutletLinc			97% (1 failed out of 38 cmds)
SwitchLinc 220V Relay		95% (71 failed out of 1318 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		95% (17171 failed out of 379501 cmds)
Icon On/Off Switch			95% (101 failed out of 2141 cmds)
OutletLinc			92% (177 failed out of 2215 cmds)
SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer		90% (43554 failed out of 427393 cmds)
I/O Linc				74% (822 failed out of 3216 cmds)

Thanks.

[skozin]

Here is mine. I don't have as many commands as you. Are you polling each device every minute? I only poll a few devices every 5 minutes. I have both X-10 and Insteon in my system. About 70% Insteon, 30% X-10. When I had more X-10 2 way switches on my system, I seemed to get lower reliability on my system.

Device Address Type Firmware Comm Reliability %
BAS Insteon Basement East Lights 05.51.4F ICON SwitchLinc Relay 28 99% (7 failed out of 1057 cmds)

BAS Insteon Basement Keypad 0A.D8.5D KeypadLinc V2 Dimmer 2C 100% (2 failed out of 1956 cmds)

BAS Insteon Basement TV Lights 12.90.A9 SwitchLinc V2 On/Off with Sense 37 99% (6 failed out of 785 cmds)

BAS Insteon Basement Workout Lights 0C.C4.5E SwitchLinc V2 Relay 2C 99% (6 failed out of 879 cmds)

BAS Insteon Stairway East Lights 0C.9E.6A SwitchLinc V2 600W Dimmer 27 100% (4 failed out of 831 cmds)

COMP Insteon Computer Room Lights 16.6A.80 SwitchLinc V2 Relay 3A 98% (204 failed out of 8804 cmds)

FOY Insteon Foyer Keypad 12.3A.4B KeypadLinc V2 Dimmer 2D 99% (20 failed out of 1595 cmds)

GAR Insteon Garage Heater 04.47.92 ICON SwitchLinc Relay 28 98% (45 failed out of 2089 cmds)

GAR Insteon Garage I/O Linc (On=Garage Closed, Off=Garage Open) 15.BB.8B I/O Linc 36 99% (118 failed out of 13965 cmds)

GAR Insteon Garage Keypad 0C.8A.22 KeypadLinc V2 Dimmer 2D 95% (420 failed out of 9292 cmds)

GAR Insteon Garage Side Lights 03.C9.1E ICON SwitchLinc Dimmer 27 97% (7 failed out of 208 cmds)

GR Insteon Great Room Hall Switch 12.D7.A5 SwitchLinc V2 On/Off with Sense 37 98% (12 failed out of 511 cmds)

GR Insteon Great Room Kitchen Lights 16.5B.8B SwitchLinc V2 Relay 3A 100% (0 failed out of 48 cmds)

HALL Insteon Hallway Downstairs 15.85.68 SwitchLinc V2 Relay 3A 99% (9 failed out of 1109 cmds)

HALL Insteon Hallway Keypad 16.E4.05 KeypadLinc V2 Dimmer 36 100% (3 failed out of 760 cmds)

HALL Insteon Hallway-Kitchen Lights 15.81.26 SwitchLinc V2 Relay 3A 100% (1 failed out of 623 cmds)

HALL Insteon Keypad Hallway-Great Room 0F.95.AA KeypadLinc V2 Relay 36 98% (6 failed out of 245 cmds)

JOSH Insteon Joshs Bedroom Lights 15.85.CF SwitchLinc V2 Relay 3A 100% (27 failed out of 8604 cmds)

KIDS BATH Insteon Kids Bath Lights 03.CA.1C ICON SwitchLinc Dimmer 27 100% (0 failed out of 109 cmds)

KIT Insteon Kitchen Island Lights 12.8F.46 SwitchLinc V2 On/Off with Sense 37 99% (27 failed out of 3379 cmds)

KIT Insteon Kitchen Table Keypad 0D.C6.ED KeypadLinc V2 Dimmer 2D 96% (169 failed out of 4243 cmds)

LAUNDRY Insteon Laundry Room Lights 05.4E.9D ICON SwitchLinc Relay 28 99% (24 failed out of 2208 cmds)

LR Insteon Living Room-Den Switch 15.81.B8 SwitchLinc V2 Relay 3A 100% (0 failed out of 52 cmds)

LR Insteon Living Room-Hallway Switch 15.81.8E SwitchLinc V2 Relay 3A 97% (2 failed out of 65 cmds)

MB Insteon Attic Fan 12.E3.EE SwitchLinc V2 On/Off with Sense 37 98% (38 failed out of 1632 cmds)

MB Insteon Bed/Bath Lights 03.5C.8C ICON SwitchLinc Dimmer 27 99% (12 failed out of 1425 cmds)

MB Insteon Master Bedroom Keypad 0B.49.C1 KeypadLinc V2 Relay 32 100% (1 failed out of 281 cmds)

OUT Insteon Outside Front Lights 0C.C4.67 SwitchLinc V2 Relay 2C 91% (29 failed out of 339 cmds)

POW Insteon Powder Room Lights 15.85.30 SwitchLinc V2 Relay 3A 96% (2 failed out of 48 cmds)

[leerogers]

Thanks skozin, it looks like you have similiar reliability on the network. I do poll quite frequently which probably leads to the high numbers.

[tpchristian]

Here are mine by type. Note that modules may be unplugged at times and remote links may not have been in communication mode. I also assume that these stats include comm failures during programming. I have never noticed a module fail to be controlled correctly, but perhaps I just didn't notice.

[alphatech]

Interesting that you guys are mentioning it. Mine is giving between 96% to 100% but only after adding filters. I still have some that are showing a "?" on the device occasionally. I'm not sure if this is coincidence but the latest plugin is showing more failure. I meant to ask Mark about it but I did not have time yet to submit him a log.
I hope more people are sending their statistics.

[Xiphoid]

I've recently set up my network and have set HS to poll my switches for a bit, but the plugin is still reporting not enough data for every one of my devices. Any idea why?

[garwood]

Do you per chance have your PLM plugged into a powerstrip with surge protection? Surge protectors surpress Insteon signals.

[FeMan]

This is very good information as I have just decided to move more toward Insteon and away from X10.

So I have several questions to ask about your networks:

1. Do you have a lot of dual-band devices in your network?
2. Do you just use the Insteon phase couplers? How many do you have?
3. Which PLM do you have?
4. Do you have x10 power line repeaters/couplers and x10 filters in your house?

If anyone has used just X10, they know that their network can run just fine for weeks and then all of a sudden nothing seems to work right? It's my experience that it is usually something new has been plugged in somewhere in the house that is adding a little more noise on the powerline and it is just enough to now start interfering with the X10 signal

5. Do you see these kinds of problems with your Insteon networks?