Startup Error

[brmeeke]

Hi Mark

i have been away for the last several months as we moved. i had lots of things to take care of before I could get back into my HomeSeer project at the new house. Today I added a new 2472DWH receptacle. The software has added it and I can control the new device from HomeSeer.

When I try to reference the new device in an Event, I see a message which states "Use 'clear' in the Set Display Field to CLEAR the current device string setting". That message is shown when my Event is trying to control a device. I am not sure where to go to CLEAR the field. Can you point me in the right direction?


Secondly, I am getting the following error in my Startup log. Are these issues related? What do you suggest that I should do to clear things up?



Thanks


Brian



Insteon Plug-in Error Log Generated 9/26/2017 12:10:17 PM
-----------*Error Message*----------------
Error: Error in CreateDevices: Device 9: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. -- Details System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at HSPI_Insteon.hspiAPI.HSAPI.CreateDevices(Boolean ReloadTables) -- 9/26/2017 12:10:17 PM
--------*Initialization Log*--------------
9/13/2017 9:01:01 AM - Host System: () 3.0.0.357
9/13/2017 9:01:01 AM - Plugin HSPI_Insteon.exe version: 3.0.6.0
9/13/2017 9:01:01 AM - Insteon Support library (Insteon.dll) version: 1.0.6.0
9/13/2017 9:01:01 AM - RegisterCallback Completed
9/13/2017 9:01:01 AM - Enter InitIO
9/13/2017 9:01:01 AM - Enter InitPlugin
9/13/2017 9:01:01 AM - Global initialization of plug-in required, starting up.
9/13/2017 9:01:01 AM - Initializing Insteon hardware interface...
9/13/2017 9:01:01 AM - In ProcessRawReceiveThread
9/13/2017 9:01:01 AM - Initializing Interface...
9/13/2017 9:01:01 AM - In PLMBuffer_ProcessBufferThread
9/13/2017 9:01:02 AM - Sending command 02 60 to Interface, (Expecting 6 bytes extra back) Pre-Payload ACK:False, NAK is ok:False
9/13/2017 9:01:02 AM - ..Got Interface Response 02 60 33 E3 4C 03 15 9E 06
9/13/2017 9:01:02 AM - Sending command 02 60 to Interface, (Expecting 6 bytes extra back) Pre-Payload ACK:False, NAK is ok:False
9/13/2017 9:01:03 AM - ..Got Interface Response 02 60 33 E3 4C 03 15 9E 06
9/13/2017 9:01:03 AM - RF PLM contacted on COM3 with an Insteon address of 33.E3.4C and firmware version 9E
9/13/2017 9:01:03 AM - ResourceManager::RequestExclusive for Resource 1
9/13/2017 9:01:03 AM - ResourceManager::RequestExclusive acquired for Resource 1
9/13/2017 9:01:03 AM - Sending command 02 6B 48 to RF PLM, (Expecting 0 bytes extra back) Pre-Payload ACK:False, NAK is ok:False
9/13/2017 9:01:04 AM - ..Got RF PLM Response 02 6B 48 06
9/13/2017 9:01:04 AM - ResourceManager::ReleaseExclusive for Resource 1
9/13/2017 9:01:04 AM - Insteon hardware interface initialized.
9/13/2017 9:01:04 AM - I/O (Insteon Protocol) Interface Initializing...
9/13/2017 9:01:04 AM - In TransmitMessageThread
9/13/2017 9:01:05 AM - Scheduled polling enabled.
9/13/2017 9:01:05 AM - In CreateDevices
9/13/2017 9:01:05 AM - Scheduled polling temporarily stopped.
9/13/2017 9:01:05 AM - Reloading 7 Insteon device information tables...
9/13/2017 9:01:05 AM - 17 Matching HS device records were found and updated for the Insteon device database.
9/13/2017 9:01:05 AM - 0 matching HS device records were found and updated for the Insteon group database.
9/13/2017 9:01:05 AM - Scheduled polling resumed.
9/13/2017 9:01:05 AM - Exit CreateDevices
9/13/2017 9:01:05 AM - I/O(Insteon Protocol) Interface Initialized.
9/13/2017 9:01:05 AM - Waiting to initialize External Devices...
9/13/2017 9:01:05 AM - Exit InitPlugin

[mnsandler]

please post a screen shot of the event definition (trigger and actions)

regarding the error, what is device 9? post the insteon.ini [device 9] section here

[brmeeke]

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Earlier today, I decided to delete the Event but when I tried to create a new one tonight, I was not able to recreate "Clear" message. My guess is that something was out of sorts in the underlying code. Unless I can somehow recreate the error then there is nothing to address. It was an old Event that I tried to modify so maybe something was messed up from before. My suggestion is that we should just forget that issue and hope that it never reappears.


As requested, I have the relevant section from the Insteon.ini file. Device 9 is an old Keypad that I recently inserted.

[Device 9]
DeviceID=0A.AD.A2
DeviceName=Keypad
DeviceType=0109
FirmwareVer=29
DatabaseDelta=16
LinksDownloaded=1
PollingInterval=0
Protocol=1
EEValues=DefaultRampRate=31,ResumeDim=138,DefaultOnLevel=255 ,FPTYPE=0,OnLEDMask1=0,OnLEDMask2=0,OnLEDMask3=0,OnLEDMask4= 0,OnLEDMask5=0,OnLEDMask6=0,OnLEDMask7=0,OnLEDMask8=0,NonTog gleButtons=0,OffLEDMask1=0,OffLEDMask2=0,OffLEDMask3=0,OffLE DMask4=0,OffLEDMask5=0,OffLEDMask6=0,OffLEDMask7=0,OffLEDMas k8=0,OpFlags1=8
GroupLinkAddress 1=7
GroupLinkAddress 2=8
GroupLinkAddress 3=9
GroupLinkAddress 4=10
GroupLinkAddress 5=11
GroupLinkAddress 6=12
LastContact=9/25/2017 2:14:52 PM
RecentDatabaseDelta=16
TotalInteractions=451
FailedInteractions=31
HopData=425,340,82,3
SyncLinkedDevices=0
NoChannelSync=0
NumLinks=15
Link 1=E2 01 33 E3 4C FF 1F 01 1
Link 2=E2 03 33 E3 4C FF 1F 03 2
Link 3=E2 04 33 E3 4C FF 1F 04 3
Link 4=E2 05 33 E3 4C FF 1F 05 4
Link 5=E2 06 33 E3 4C FF 1F 06 5
Link 6=E2 08 33 E3 4C FF 1F 08 6
Link 7=A2 FE 33 E3 4C FF 1F 01 7
Link 8=A2 07 33 E3 4C FF 1F 01 8
Link 9=A2 08 33 E3 4C FF 1F 03 9
Link 10=A2 09 33 E3 4C FF 1F 04 10
Link 11=A2 0A 33 E3 4C FF 1F 05 11
Link 12=A2 0B 33 E3 4C FF 1F 06 12
Link 13=A2 0C 33 E3 4C FF 1F 08 13
Link 14=E2 05 10 E7 33 FF 1F 01 14
Link 15=A2 01 10 E7 33 FF 1F 05 15
ChannelName4=DR Window Lamp
GroupLinkAddress 7=19
GroupLinkAddress 8=20
ChannelName1=Keypad - Button On/Load


What do you suggest? Do you want me to delete the device and recreate it or can I just reprogram it?



Thanks


Brian

[mnsandler]

not sure what caused the above error. please delete and recreate. you might need to factory reset the kpl as well.

[brmeeke]

I deleted the keypad and reinstalled it. Everything seems to work fine.

Thank you


Brian

[mnsandler]

Thanks for reporting back. watch for this same error after a restart of hs or plugin.

[brmeeke]

Hi Mark

My "Clear" error message has reappeared. Now it shows whenever I edit any event and control the state of a device regardless of the device that is being managed.

I have attached a screenshot for you.

Thanks

Brian

[mnsandler]

Hi Mark

My "Clear" error message has reappeared. Now it shows whenever I edit any event and control the state of a device regardless of the device that is being managed.

I have attached a screenshot for you.

Thanks

Brian

Brian,

I can't replicate this issue.

This is not an Insteon plugin message. have you searched the hs3 forum for this message to see what it means?