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kenbr
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i haven't been keeping up to date on powerhome and insteon. i have a couple of sites working fine and haven't had time to stay current--i'm hanging my head in shame, but life intervenes sometimes. i've just lost a plc and i'm wondering if there's something better now to replace it with (the plc is usb). i see some mention of a plm, but i'm not certain what it is.
perhaps someone could steer me in the right direction?
thanks
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IMHO, the PLM is a better replacement power-line interface. It's faster and does not use the SDM. There is a down side, though, and that is a lower-voltage X10 output (may not be able to reach some devices).
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kenbr
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thanks tony.. i'm not doing much x10 so that's not an issue. i like not having to use the sdm.
is this plug and play with powerhome? anything special i need to do to convert over from the plc to the plm?
thanks!
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The easiest way from Dave’s post:
The method I used follows:
1. Define the PLM controller. Set the port, etc. and set it active. Set the Insteon SDM controller inactive. Physically plug everything in. Reinitialize.
2. Open the Insteon Explorer. PowerHome should have auto-detected the PLM and created a device for the PLM called PLMCTLR1.
3. Since I wasnt sure if I wanted to go back and forth between the PLM and the PLC, I didnt want to just do a replace device. But I wanted the PLM to do everything that the PLC used to do so I just copied the PLC links. I did this by opening the Insteon Explorer and navigating to the "Links" tab. I made the POWERLINC1 the current device and highlighted ALL of the controller links and ALL of the responder links. I then clicked on the "Copy" text and declined to include the current device as a responder.
4. Next, make the PLMCTLR1 the current device in the Links screen. Click on the "Paste" text and all of the PLC links will be copied to the PLM. Click "Save" and let'er rip. When complete, you should have every link that the PLC had just the same in the PLM. Later, when you feel that you no longer need the PLC, you can go back into the links screen, bring up the POWERLINC1 device and delete all of it's controller and responder links.
Hope this helps,
Dave.
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kenbr
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too easy!
thanks everyone. i'll go the plm route.
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how bad is the PLM X-10 performance? My PLC is currently not doing X-10 at all (I had to dig out my CM11A) but after I replace the PLC with PLM (waiting for a sale) I'd like to put the CM11A away. I still have a couple of X-10 modules for things (like ennunciators) not yet available in INSTEON.
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I personally have not had a problem with my X10 devices using the PLM.
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I have a few devices that could not be controlled, but I just rearranged a few far X10's for near Insteon's.
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