can i use multiple pims with this plugin. I have found that I have better connections in different parts of the house to different switches?
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Originally posted by guy999 View Postcan i use multiple pims with this plugin. I have found that I have better connections in different parts of the house to different switches?
I think it only works with one PIM. You should only need one. Sounds like you need a phase coupler/repeater. I run UPB for EVERY light in my 4K sf house, and have no issues, but I did need to install one of these for each breaker box (I have 3) to bridge the phases.
Here's some links that may help:
Wire in: http://www.simply-automated.com/prod...se_coupler.php
Plug in for dryer: http://www.simply-automated.com/prod...se_coupler.php
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Originally posted by Derek View PostI think it only works with one PIM. You should only need one. Sounds like you need a phase coupler/repeater. I run UPB for EVERY light in my 4K sf house, and have no issues, but I did need to install one of these for each breaker box (I have 3) to bridge the phases.
Here's some links that may help:
Wire in: http://www.simply-automated.com/prod...se_coupler.php
Plug in for dryer: http://www.simply-automated.com/prod...se_coupler.php
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I find that the pulseworx switches work a bit better but at this point I can buy 3 homeseer switches for one pulseworx switch.
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Originally posted by guy999 View Postso i have an 8000 square foot house, and i have a repeater and a phase coupler. currently i have two panels and one sub panel, but still I have problems hitting some of the switches. I have 80 of them, and still I have some that aren't done yet.
I find that the pulseworx switches work a bit better but at this point I can buy 3 homeseer switches for one pulseworx switch.
Is there a rhyme or reason to the switches you can't control? For example, are they all in one of the three breaker boxes? All on one side of a breaker box?
From experience I have 400 amp service coming in to two panels and a sub from one. I had to put a phase coupler/repeater in both main panels.
If you need two pims, perhaps try http://www.pcslighting.com/pulseworx...erfaces/pim-ip as the secondary, since the upbspud plugin only serves one pim, this sounds like it would work for you once added to your upstart config.
Hope that helps!
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Originally posted by guy999 View PostI find that the pulseworx switches work a bit better but at this point I can buy 3 homeseer switches for one pulseworx switch.
+1 on installing a PCS coupler/repeater in each main panel as the next thing to try.Mike____________________________________________________________ __________________
HS3 Pro Edition 3.0.0.548, NUC i3
HW: Stargate | NX8e | CAV6.6 | Squeezebox | PCS | WGL 800RF | RFXCOM | Vantage Pro | Green-Eye | Edgeport/8 | Way2Call | Ecobee3 | EtherRain | Ubiquiti
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Originally posted by Uncle Michael View PostI'm confused. I wasn't aware that HS sold UPB switches. Is this meant only as a price comparison? (I would definitely not be surprised if the UPB plug-in was not communicating reliably with HS switches. )
+1 on installing a PCS coupler/repeater in each main panel as the next thing to try.
is it possible to couplet and prevent transmission of the signal like put one on each panel and the subpanel and on the dryer as well.
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The current version of the plugin does not handle multiple PIM, but I could make an easy change so that you can create multiple instances of the plugin. Each instance would be totally independent from the others, each would use its own PIM, and have its own network with its own devices. So, you would have to create multiple networks in Upstart and for each one export an .upe file.
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Originally posted by guy999 View Postis it possible to couplet and prevent transmission of the signal like put one on each panel and the subpanel and on the dryer as well.Mike____________________________________________________________ __________________
HS3 Pro Edition 3.0.0.548, NUC i3
HW: Stargate | NX8e | CAV6.6 | Squeezebox | PCS | WGL 800RF | RFXCOM | Vantage Pro | Green-Eye | Edgeport/8 | Way2Call | Ecobee3 | EtherRain | Ubiquiti
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One other thought: It might be instructive to pose this problem to PCS and/or SA to see what they recommend. It's hard to imagine that the problem has not been encountered before.Mike____________________________________________________________ __________________
HS3 Pro Edition 3.0.0.548, NUC i3
HW: Stargate | NX8e | CAV6.6 | Squeezebox | PCS | WGL 800RF | RFXCOM | Vantage Pro | Green-Eye | Edgeport/8 | Way2Call | Ecobee3 | EtherRain | Ubiquiti
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Originally posted by Uncle Michael View PostOne other thought: It might be instructive to pose this problem to PCS and/or SA to see what they recommend. It's hard to imagine that the problem has not been encountered before.
i'll give SA a call they have been pretty helpful in the past. I don't actually have much trouble communicating to the PCS switches, just the SA switches, but the vast majority of switches that i have are SA
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Originally posted by guy999 View Posti'll give SA a call they have been pretty helpful in the past. I don't actually have much trouble communicating to the PCS switches, just the SA switches, but the vast majority of switches that i have are SAMike____________________________________________________________ __________________
HS3 Pro Edition 3.0.0.548, NUC i3
HW: Stargate | NX8e | CAV6.6 | Squeezebox | PCS | WGL 800RF | RFXCOM | Vantage Pro | Green-Eye | Edgeport/8 | Way2Call | Ecobee3 | EtherRain | Ubiquiti
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