We’ll after receiving back some of my hard earned money thru 2008. I shelved out the $159 for the Insteon T1700 thermostat. It can be found here. The device is quite small, which is fine and thinner that my orginary Honeywell one which was a real plus. To install was also very simple. And technical [...]
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Getting / Setting Insteon information from the Venstar T1700 thermostat
Posted: March 1, 2009 in General, Hardware setup, Software SetupTags: cool on, fan off, Fan on, getting T1700 Insteon Data, heat on, Home Automation, Insteon, Insteon T1700, Insteon Thermostat, PLC, SDM, sdmserver, vb2008, X10
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My first KeypadLinc Setup and Functions
Posted: March 1, 2009 in General, Hardware setupTags: .net, 3-way, Insteon, insteon keypad linc, keypad, sdmserver, vb 2008, vb2008
So after weeks of playing,printing, and busting buttons I think what I ended up is with some acceptable buttons, here are the layout of my first KeyPad Linc These were done using a InkJet, I still need to try using a Color Laser to see. Since I got this one off of ebay it was [...]
Insteon I/O Linc for Garage
Posted: January 14, 2009 in General, Hardware setupTags: garage, Insteon, IO LINC, open garage door, SDM, sdmserver, System.net
Hurray, My I/O linc arrived on Saturday 10th!!! The good news is that its setup and in place. Setup was a breeze since I’m literally replacing two X10 products for one. I love it! So the wiring is the same Here is my Garage contact I purchased separately before, now as part as a kit. [...]
More ways to speak to your Insteon Devices
Posted: January 5, 2009 in Software SetupTags: groups, Home Automation, Insteon, Insteon code, SDM, sdmserver, turn off device, turn on device, vb code, XP
Like many programs there is always more ways to do one thing. Here is another way I found to talk to my PLC what I’ve been able to get is that i’m sending the direct HEX (PLM) commands to the PLC. Which in turn makes the processing faster. In my environment it helped a little [...]
Setting up Insteon groups via SDM or ’soft linking’ commands
Posted: July 1, 2008 in Software SetupTags: controller, creating insteon groups, groups, Insteon, insteon group commands, insteon groups, linking, on levels, ramp rates, responder, SDM, sdmserver, setting up insteon groups, soft linking, vb, vb 2005
If your looking to create groups using the simplehome.net utility click on the link below. Setting up Insteon groups via software or ’soft linking’ using Simplehome.nets utility Lets say you want to be able to link and create groups without having to use the Simplehome.net utility, this is how its done. Lets assume with the previous [...]
Setting up Insteon groups via software or ‘soft linking’ using Simplehome.nets utility
Posted: June 27, 2008 in Software SetupTags: controller, creating insteon groups, groups, Insteon, insteon group commands, insteon groups, on levels, ramp rates, responder, SDM, sdmserver, setting up insteon groups, vb, vb 2005
Insteon is great and is extremely fast when turning on / off devices, but lets say you want to turn on 10 lights all at the same time? This is what they call groups. Groups allow you to store in each individual device settings such as turn on, ramp rate commands, for a specific group [...]
