Re: Insteon_PLM -> device_id never set?

Gregg Liming writes:
 > Brad Bosch wrote:
 > > I gather that the Insteon support is being completely re-worked by
 > > Gregg?
 >
 > yes
 >
 > >  Is there a Subversion branch for this work?
 >
 > No; I made the request for the branch some time ago of Matt and have
 > never seen him respond.

He doesn't seem to be as active on the list these days.  Would it make
sense to formally ask again?  I don't know about sourceforge
specifically, but creating a branch is normally a pretty trivial
operation in Subversion and it could be much easier to obtain help
with your development if you had a branch where you could
stage/coordinate experimental changes.

 >
 > >  If not, is there
 > > a way I can contribute to this effort?
 >
 > You can send me a note off-list once I make the rewrite available.
 > Currently, it's not yet at a state that I feel comfortable sharing.

OK.  I will likely be available to help test/debug/patch when you are
ready.

I don't mean to sound greedy or pushy, but...

Any ETA on first release of your new code?  The current code seems to
mostly work, but I can see (and have read on this list) some areas
where it is not reaching full potential for reliability.  I'd love to
put all this expensive new Insteon hardware which I've plunged
headlong into to more effective use!

 >
 > On occasion, the PLM will return an '0f' vice '15' as a form of NACK.
 > So, the current parse code attempts to look for that response.
 > Unfortunately, 02600f is the start of your valid response above.  IMO,
 > insteon really should be issueing PLM deviceids whose prefix starts with
 >   '0f'.  I definitely hope that none of them start with '06' or '15'.

I haven't seen the documentation, but it sounds like Insteon may have
made some serious interface design errors if it's not easier than that
to tell success from failure for such a basic operation.

Should I be reevaluating my choice of Insteon or does Smarthome
document things and support you well enough as a third party software
developer to make this all work reliably?

For example, I see they have a USB PLM now.  Is that supported already
(Does it just look like a serial USB device)?

BTW, what do they charge for the developer documents?

 >
 > I've made an adjustment to lib/Insteon_PLM.pm in svn trunk.  Let me know
 > if you continue to experience this same problem.

Thanks so much for the quick response and code fix!  I gave it a quick
test and it seems to work fine for me now without my hack.

--Brad

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