X10 performance with PLM very, very slow

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I’m doing an install of the Vera to compare it to some other Home Automation systems, and the X10 controls seem to be very, very, very slow. From GUI click to action execution is at least 5 seconds, sometimes more.

Is this a “known behavior” or is there some way to speed this up. I can’t imagine coming into a room, kicking an Insteon KeyLinc, and having to wait 5 seconds for the light to actually come on.

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In checking the logs, it looks like the daemon inside of the Vera box is getting data that it doesn’t understand from the PLM and then putting in a 5-second wait. This may be where the delay is coming from. Here is the log:

08 12/15/17 11:04:28.611 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest device: 25 service: urn:upnp-org:serviceId:SwitchPower1 action: SetTarget <0x7370e520>
08 12/15/17 11:04:28.611 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument DeviceNum=25 <0x7370e520>
08 12/15/17 11:04:28.611 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument serviceId=urn:upnp-org:serviceId:SwitchPower1 <0x7370e520>
08 12/15/17 11:04:28.611 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument action=SetTarget <0x7370e520>
08 12/15/17 11:04:28.612 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument newTargetValue=1 <0x7370e520>
08 12/15/17 11:04:28.612 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument rand=0.16088972768180043 <0x7370e520>
06 12/15/17 11:04:28.612 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 25 service: urn:upnp-org:serviceId:Dimming1 variable: LoadLevelTarget was: 0 now: 1 #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:(nil)/NONE duplicate:0 <0x7370e520>
06 12/15/17 11:04:28.623 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 25 service: urn:upnp-org:serviceId:Dimming1 variable: LoadLevelStatus was: 0 now: 1 #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:(nil)/NONE duplicate:0 <0x7370e520>
06 12/15/17 11:04:28.623 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 25 service: urn:upnp-org:serviceId:SwitchPower1 variable: Status was: 0 now: 1 #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:0xff7200/NONE duplicate:0 <0x7370e520>
06 12/15/17 11:04:28.624 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 25 service: urn:upnp-org:serviceId:SwitchPower1 variable: Target was: 0 now: 1 #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:0xff7188/NONE duplicate:0 <0x7370e520>
02 12/15/17 11:04:28.713 InsteonSerial::ReceiveData skipping unknown 0x63 <0x7610e520>
02 12/15/17 11:04:28.714 InsteonSerial::ReceiveData skipping unknown 0x3e <0x7610e520>
02 12/15/17 11:04:28.714 InsteonSerial::ReceiveData skipping unknown 0x0 <0x7610e520>
02 12/15/17 11:04:28.714 InsteonSerial::ReceiveData skipping unknown 0x6 <0x7610e520>
02 12/15/17 11:04:28.833 InsteonSerial::ReceiveData skipping NAK <0x7610e520>
01 12/15/17 11:04:33.774 InsteonSerial::Send m_iFrameID 15 command 0x63 didn’t get response. wait for rest time 96774 start time 91774 wait 5000 m_iSendsWithoutReceive 0 <0x7650e520>
02 12/15/17 11:04:33.818 InsteonSerial::ReceiveData skipping unknown 0x63 <0x7610e520>
02 12/15/17 11:04:33.818 InsteonSerial::ReceiveData skipping unknown 0x32 <0x7610e520>
02 12/15/17 11:04:33.821 InsteonSerial::ReceiveData skipping unknown 0x80 <0x7610e520>
02 12/15/17 11:04:33.822 InsteonSerial::ReceiveData skipping unknown 0x6 <0x7610e520>
04 12/15/17 11:04:33.819 <0x7650e520>

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I gave up on integrating anything from PLM to Vera.

Soon I’ll be selling my Fanlincs, PLM and Insteon Hub on eBay.

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[quote=“joelsnyder, post:1, topic:197990”]I’m doing an install of the Vera to compare it to some other Home Automation systems, and the X10 controls seem to be very, very, very slow. From GUI click to action execution is at least 5 seconds, sometimes more.

Is this a “known behavior” or is there some way to speed this up. I can’t imagine coming into a room, kicking an Insteon KeyLinc, and having to wait 5 seconds for the light to actually come on.[/quote]

FWIW When I was running both Z-Wave and my legacy X10 kit (using the X10 CM11 plugin), the response time for X10 was pretty much indistinguishable between the two. Having said that though, my X10 kit was getting old and some were starting to fail probably due to capacitors going to bit heaven, plus I had suspicions that the plugin may have been contributing to some stability issues with the Vera (suspected memory loss leading to lockups requiring reboots). If all else fails, try rebooting everything and make sure your starting with a clean system. If all else fails, you can always try to hunt down a CM11 or equivalent if that will work with what you have, and give that a go.

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My only Insteon device, a garage door controller working for 4 years, stopped working last week so I got rid of it and went with a z-wave solution. About a year ago, the PLM went out which I needed to have the relay communicate with Vera. So I am no longer on Insteon.