Recent content by rmcneil

For one, the issue we were discussing the other day: http://www.cocoontech.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=14863 2nd (and related to #1): availability of a reasonably priced UPB keypad with lighted indicators that also controls a load. AFAIK, the only UPB one so far is from PCS and costs $342...

That's unfortunate. I can understand that UDI has a lot of time and money invested via Insteon, so I hope the decision wasn't based on a fear that they would be cannibalizing their own product. I could see a use for having both products. Insteon and UPB each have unique and appealing...

Resurrecting this thread as I'm tinkering again and want to see if my thinking is on track. It seems from the thread that the best approach would be to take a hybrid approach to the UPB and ELK integration. The first question you should ask for any given link would be whether the ELK really...

Fred, Please don't take this the wrong way. I'm glad you chimed in to try to help, but I don't want to be scolded for not using a product in the way someone else thinks I should use it. I can call any software or hardware customer service department to be told what a moron I am for having the...

What is illogical about having a single button turn on and off a single non-dimming load in a different room? There is no "something else" in this application. It is illuminated if the load is on and not illuminated if the load is off. It is not the primary switch for that load, but is there...

Using "Link Deactivator" turns off the load, but doesn't change the status of the indicators. This is the crux of the problem. I don't see a way to keep the On and Off indicators in sync with the load using a single On Link. If I go to separate On and Off Links then they stay in sync, but...

By using "On Button" and "Off Button", the indicators turn on and off when pushing the corresponding buttons, however, the Off Button does not turn off the light because "Off Button" is an activator, not a de-activator and expects to trigger a separate Off Link.

Actually, the intent was to keep it logical/intuitive. The On/Off is a keypad on the other side of the same room, so On/Off is the logical choice for the end-user. The A toggle is on a keypad in an adjacent room where the On/Off is used for the local room, again the logical choice for the...

I searched but didn't see an answer, so please point me to the right place if this has been answered. Here's the situation I'm trying to sort out: Load is controlled by an SAI US1-40T. I have a couple HAI 38A00-1 6-button keypads. What I want to do is have one keypad control the load using the...

When Tony gets back to this thread, here are two things that might help advance the ALC cause: 1) Put together an intro pack of a dimmer switch, a relay switch, a scene switch, an aux switch and whatever control is necessary to run it. Price it at a bargain price so people can give it a real...

Back to the theme of the thread. We don't have a table full of data, but for those that might be considering a purchase, and/or otherwise want to know, according to SA, these are the currently shipping units and they have the user configurable response times: US1-40/US11-40 firmware 2.18...

(I tried searching past posts, but either I'm totally missing the appropriate keywords, or this hasn't been discussed much.) Clearly a traditional hardwired system like LiteJet would have most of its heat contained in the panel. I'm assuming that On-Q/iLine would be comparable with UPB/Insteon...

I doubt the firmware can be upgraded. I was thinking more along the lines of an exchange. I'm going to give Martin and AO the benefit of the doubt and assume they will make this right since 1) they knew I was concerned about the reported slow response times of UPB, 2) I was told that SA...

Yes indeed that helps. I intended to send SA an email earlier and got sidetracked by another project. My 11-40's are version 2.14, so I need to figure out how to get the 2.18's. That explanation probably explains the 22-40T listed in UPStart as well. Any chance you have the firmware info...

For comparison purposes, how does CentraLite and/or other hardwired solutions compare in response time to X-10, UPB, Insteon, Z-Wave, etc? 1) The most important comparison is local response time, ie when I walk into a room and hit the switch, how soon does that light come on? 2)The secondary...