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Almond+ and Insteon
sykocus:
--- Quote from: Lars on May 26, 2014, 10:13:30 pm ---That might be an option, but the customer reviews don't really inspire a lot of confidence in the hardware.
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I don't have any personal experience with Insteon, but 120 reviews are 4 stars or more vs 50 are 3 stars or less doesn't seem too bad.
I understand securifi's resources are taxed at the moment, but I think Insteon support is something that would be great. Their wall mounted keypads are more versatile and aesthetically pleasing then anything I've found so far that works with zwave/zigbee. (http://www.smarthome.com/_/Dimmers_Lighting_Appliance_Control/Dimmers_Wall_Switches_Keypads_Touchscreens/INSTEON/In_Wall_Keypads/_/z/1QV/23b/2MF/nav.aspx)
Also they have a ceiling fan/light controller with an MSRP of $70. http://www.smarthome.com/_/Dimmers_Lighting_Appliance_Control/Dimmers_Wall_Switches_Keypads_Touchscreens/INSTEON/In_Wall_Keypads/_/z/1QV/23b/2MF/nav.aspx
The only zwave/zigbee ceiling fan controller cost $120 and from what I understand only controls the fan, not any lights. http://www.amazon.com/Leviton-VRF01-1LZ-Capable-Control-Almond/dp/B001HT4M48
SMBowen:
What do you mean Almond and Insteon compatibility? I was about to purchase some Insteon stuff and was going to plug the hub into the almond; is this not going to work?
Patrick Wilson:
--- Quote from: SMBowen on June 08, 2014, 10:46:37 pm ---What do you mean Almond and Insteon compatibility? I was about to purchase some Insteon stuff and was going to plug the hub into the almond; is this not going to work?
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You can use Insteon hub with your Almond+ in the sense that it can plug into the Almond+ just like any other network device, you would however not be able to use the Almond+ HA features to control it. You would still be able to use all the features of the Insteon hub as documented by Insteon.
Please read Lars comments earlier in this same thread.
pete:
Both Insteon 2413U and 2413S PLM's are serial devices.
You can play some using OpenWRT as its already been documented to work with OpenWRT here:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Home-automation-server-with-router/#step3
poshul:
So, as of this morning, I've gotten the Almond+ to recognize the 2413S via an FTDI serial adapter and a modified version of PLMtools (http://sourceforge.net/projects/plmtools/). I'll let people know when I've got a fork of plmtools up. Basically plmtools sends Hex command strings to the modem (see http://www.smarthome.com/manuals/2412sdevguide.pdf for more details about the modem, and http://www.insteon.com/pdf/INSTEON_Command_Tables_20070925a.pdf for more details about insteon commands), you still need to associate the insteon devices using the button on the side of the modem, and you still need to know their addresses to send them commands. I haven't even started to tackle any integration into Almond+'s automation or web interface but I'll let people know if I do.
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