First attempt to add an Insteon device to my network.
Bought FanLinc. Installed it. Realized I need a PowerLinc modem. Bought that. Installed it. Attempt to add FanLinc to Insteon network. Tells me unable to communicate with node / retrying after 0 seconds. Read in forums that default Insteon support is limited and doesn’t support FanLinc. Recommends Altsteon. Not seeing that as an option to install in apps. I’m lost.
After looking at the logs it looks like there’s a problem creating the child devices so it deletes them and tries again. As far as I can tell the child devices work fine to control the fan, but it gets stuck in that loop anyway. I got frustrated at this point and downgraded back to UI5. I’m not a very skilled programmer, but I can try and take another shot at troubleshooting this issue.
At this point, I am about to add another fan into the mix and I want a solution that is more supported than this. I want to get it working with Altsteon, but am wondering what other options we have at this point with z-wave.
I think I’d be OK with that if I could adjust it from the pull cord first. I don’t think I need to modify it often enough. If that is an option, it might go down that path. I think I’ve seen those relays in the past. Anyone specifically you’d recommend?