upstatemike
Senior Member
Now that I have a little more experience with INSTEON (35 devices installed so far) I find my INSTEON Wish List priorities have shifted a little bit. My new priorities are listed below... did I miss anything critical?
1- Link Manager Software! After setting up a “simple†arrangement where 3 KeypadLincs control 5 switches I could not believe it required 60 links to get everything working! (15 X 2 to control the switches and 15 X 2 to keep the KeypadLinc LEDs in sync). We need to be able to download the table from an INSTEON device, and add/delete/edit the links and then upload the changes back. The current manual process is just too labor intensive!
2- Fix or Replace the ApplinceLinc v2!! I tried to replace an ApplinceLinc v1 with its INSTEON equivalent and it just wouldn’t work! Seems the Local Control circuit is different in the new modules and fluorescent lights with older magnetic ballasts just go nuts when connected to the new modules. Local control was always kind of a stupid feature since it can only be used to turn a device on and not off. (unless you want to disable remote control completely!) It is also, more often than not, going to cause you problems if the relay contacts are not the only path current can travel to reach the load. Smarthome needs to either recall the troublesome ApplianceLinc v2 or, better yet, offer a second version that does not have any Local Control circuit in it at all!
3- Offer the ControLinc in white. A black tabletop controller just doesn’t cut it in many décor situations.
4- Fixture Relay Modules.
5- Screw-In modules that will work with CFL bulbs.
6- Dimmable Screw-In modules for standard bulbs.
7- A relay version of the KeypadLinc that can control CFL bulbs.
8- Fixture Dimmer Modules.
9- An RF “Palmpad†remote.
10- An RF “stick-a-switchâ€.
1- Link Manager Software! After setting up a “simple†arrangement where 3 KeypadLincs control 5 switches I could not believe it required 60 links to get everything working! (15 X 2 to control the switches and 15 X 2 to keep the KeypadLinc LEDs in sync). We need to be able to download the table from an INSTEON device, and add/delete/edit the links and then upload the changes back. The current manual process is just too labor intensive!
2- Fix or Replace the ApplinceLinc v2!! I tried to replace an ApplinceLinc v1 with its INSTEON equivalent and it just wouldn’t work! Seems the Local Control circuit is different in the new modules and fluorescent lights with older magnetic ballasts just go nuts when connected to the new modules. Local control was always kind of a stupid feature since it can only be used to turn a device on and not off. (unless you want to disable remote control completely!) It is also, more often than not, going to cause you problems if the relay contacts are not the only path current can travel to reach the load. Smarthome needs to either recall the troublesome ApplianceLinc v2 or, better yet, offer a second version that does not have any Local Control circuit in it at all!
3- Offer the ControLinc in white. A black tabletop controller just doesn’t cut it in many décor situations.
4- Fixture Relay Modules.
5- Screw-In modules that will work with CFL bulbs.
6- Dimmable Screw-In modules for standard bulbs.
7- A relay version of the KeypadLinc that can control CFL bulbs.
8- Fixture Dimmer Modules.
9- An RF “Palmpad†remote.
10- An RF “stick-a-switchâ€.