Can't control x10 from RemoteLinc but can from webpage

[Brock Palen-3]

  recently upgraded to my first insteon gear,  and am trying to  
control an x10 appliance module connected to a lamp using a RemoteLinc  
controller.

I should point out that I have been able to pare the remote with the  
plm and mh, and two light modules.

I can control the x10 module from the mh webpage, but not form the  
small code I wrote to control from the remotelinc.  Note I am trying  
to have mh control the device,

Here is what I see when I control (successfully) from the webpage:

06/28/09 12:51:21 AM [Insteon_PLM] x10 sending code: A2 as insteon  
msg: 02636e00
06/28/09 12:51:21 AM [Insteon_PLM] x10 sending code: AJ as insteon  
msg: 02636280
06/28/09 12:51:21 AM [Insteon_PLM] Command stack size: 1
06/28/09 12:51:22 AM [Insteon_PLM] Parsing serial data: 02636e0006
06/28/09 12:51:22 AM [Insteon_PLM] Parsing serial data: 0263628006

Here is what happens when I try to control it from the remoteLinc

06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_PLM] Parsing serial data:  
02500a2c85000002c71100
06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_Device] command:11; type:alllink; group:  
02
06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_Device] found: on
06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_PLM] Processing message for  
$silver_button_2
06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_Device]  
$silver_button_2::set_receive(on, Insteon_Link=HASH(0xb5f39a0))
06/28/09 12:52:04 AM silver remote on
06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [X10] Toggling X10_Item object $living_room_light  
from off to on
06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_PLM] x10 sending code: A2 as insteon  
msg: 02636e00
06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_PLM] x10 sending code: AJ as insteon  
msg: 02636280
06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_PLM] Command stack size: 1
06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_PLM] Parsing serial data: 02636e0006
06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_PLM] Parsing serial data: 0263628006
06/28/09 12:52:05 AM [Insteon_PLM] Parsing serial data:  
02500a2c850fd787431102
06/28/09 12:52:05 AM [Insteon_Device] command:11; type:cleanup; group:  
02
06/28/09 12:52:05 AM [Insteon_Device] found: on
06/28/09 12:52:05 AM [Insteon_PLM] Processing message for  
$silver_button_2


Note that the commands MH says it is sending are the same, but nothing  
happens to the light.  Is this just insteon commands overwhelming the  
network?    What is that extra Parsing serial data lines?

Thanks,  I searched but could not find a similar issue.


Brock Palen
brockp@...
www.mlds-networks.com
MLDS Owner Senior Tech.



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[Gregg Liming]

Brock Palen wrote:

>   recently upgraded to my first insteon gear,  and am trying to  
> control an x10 appliance module connected to a lamp using a RemoteLinc  
> controller.
>
> I should point out that I have been able to pare the remote with the  
> plm and mh, and two light modules.
>
> I can control the x10 module from the mh webpage, but not form the  
> small code I wrote to control from the remotelinc.  Note I am trying  
> to have mh control the device,
>
> Here is what I see when I control (successfully) from the webpage:
>
> 06/28/09 12:51:21 AM [Insteon_PLM] x10 sending code: A2 as insteon  
> msg: 02636e00
> 06/28/09 12:51:21 AM [Insteon_PLM] x10 sending code: AJ as insteon  
> msg: 02636280
> 06/28/09 12:51:21 AM [Insteon_PLM] Command stack size: 1
> 06/28/09 12:51:22 AM [Insteon_PLM] Parsing serial data: 02636e0006
> 06/28/09 12:51:22 AM [Insteon_PLM] Parsing serial data: 0263628006
>
> Here is what happens when I try to control it from the remoteLinc
>
> 06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_PLM] Parsing serial data:  
> 02500a2c85000002c71100
> 06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_Device] command:11; type:alllink; group:  
> 02
> 06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_Device] found: on
> 06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_PLM] Processing message for  
> $silver_button_2
> 06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_Device]  
> $silver_button_2::set_receive(on, Insteon_Link=HASH(0xb5f39a0))
> 06/28/09 12:52:04 AM silver remote on
> 06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [X10] Toggling X10_Item object $living_room_light  
> from off to on
> 06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_PLM] x10 sending code: A2 as insteon  
> msg: 02636e00
> 06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_PLM] x10 sending code: AJ as insteon  
> msg: 02636280
> 06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_PLM] Command stack size: 1
> 06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_PLM] Parsing serial data: 02636e0006
> 06/28/09 12:52:04 AM [Insteon_PLM] Parsing serial data: 0263628006
> 06/28/09 12:52:05 AM [Insteon_PLM] Parsing serial data:  
> 02500a2c850fd787431102
> 06/28/09 12:52:05 AM [Insteon_Device] command:11; type:cleanup; group:  
> 02
> 06/28/09 12:52:05 AM [Insteon_Device] found: on
> 06/28/09 12:52:05 AM [Insteon_PLM] Processing message for  
> $silver_button_2
>
>
> Note that the commands MH says it is sending are the same, but nothing  
> happens to the light.  Is this just insteon commands overwhelming the  
> network?

I suspect that the x10 signals that you are sending are colliding (due
to timing) with the final signals sent from the remotelinc.  Assuming
that you are using a "set" method to send signals to your x10, I would
switch to using "set_with_timer" to introduce a slight delay (e.g., 1
second).  In an insteon-only environment, you still might have
collisions, but the signals would be automatically resent.

>    What is that extra Parsing serial data lines?

The insteon protocol for linked devices starts with a broadcast which
accounts for the first parsed "on" and then sends out a direct "cleanup"
command to each linked responder which accounts for the second "on"
message.  In general, this is a good thing as broadcast messages are not
acknowledged and this is the insteon mechanism to attempt guaranteed
delivery.

> Thanks,  I searched but could not find a similar issue.
>
>
> Brock Palen
> brockp@...
> www.mlds-networks.com
> MLDS Owner Senior Tech.
>
>
>
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