Getting Events to Work

[Blakcat]

I am test driving the HomeSeer 2.0 and I can see the power it can give me in an Insteon only installation I am working on.

I have got insteon devices working fine through the Insteon Plug-in Beta 3. From the status screen I can control devices that are set up and I can trigger events from the status screen but I can not triger the same event from the Insteon switch.

For a simple trial I set up two switches A & B. From the Status screen I can turn on or off either of the Insteon switches. Polling is working fine. I then created two events when I turn on A, B should turn on, when I turn off A, B should turn off. It works great at the Status screen but when I physically turn on or off switch A it has no effect on B.

What have I missed?

[jhimmel]

The beta plugin at this time has no awareness of local switch control.

However, you can link the Insteon switches to each other. This will cause switch B to change status when switch A is changed (and vice versa), although it still will not update HS, which can only poll at regular intervals at this stage (no live updating of status).

The Insteon plugin is a lot of work. It's moving along pretty rapidly though. So just give it some time.

Jim H.

[Blakcat]

Jim,


Thanks for your quick reply. You sure know how to bust my bubble.

I understand the Plug-in is in the early stages so I'll stay tuned for this needed functionality.

I am using the switch linking capability extensively but switch triggered functionality will make the installation slick.

Thanks again for your quick, bubble bursting reply.

RB

[jhimmel]

Sorry to burst your bubble. Take heart in the fact that Jon has told us that this functionality is definately coming.

The big bang for me will be when I can sense each of the buttons on a Keypadlinc to trigger scenes and events (like turn on my fireplace).

I'll tell you this - I have looked around at the progress of Insteon enabled software in many places and, as far as I can tell, the HS Insteon plugin is as far along as anybody. Part of the problem has been chasing an ever-changing SDM. Even Smarthome has not released their Insteon enabled ("MCONTROL"?) software yet. Also, this plugin is pretty stable. My System Uptime is now "4 Days 8 Hours 30 Minutes 41 Seconds" while controlling about 50 Insteon devices, a small handful of left-over X-10 devices, and all kinds of events without a hitch.

Jim H.