I have some Insteon units that are a few years old. Even though they work could older firmware versions cause the system to be slower or interfere with normal operation? I thought I heard some people having concerns with having older units in their system. Generally speaking, the Smarthome Insteon units, have been designed to […]
Overall, I love Indigo. But one thing that is very annoying and doesn’t seem to be built in, is the ability to poll all devices on a regular scheduled basis (ie: every 5 mins, 10 mins, etc.) of the status of my devices. This mainly causes a problem when accessing my system via my iPhone. […]
Speed. Â It’s all about the speed, and reliability. Â Ah hem. Â It’s all about two things, speed, and reliability. Â Certain things reduce the Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) more than a flaky home automation system, especially if it is just a single device that is erratic… The 2413U solved that for us, along with a small timing […]
As I have stated before, I just upgraded to a 2413U controller, and it’s made a large difference in my setup. Â Overall, in raw statistics the house went down a percentage or two for signal reliablitity, but overall everything seems faster… Â And more reliable, even though the raw statistics say it isn’t as reliable as […]
First of all, this is based on less than 2-3 hours of real use, so I will be following this up later in the week…. But, here’s the details so far. The 2413U Insteon Dual Band PowerLinc Modem (2413U) is faster than the 2414U, and the 2412U. Â The Dual Band nature does seem to speed […]