V1 Arduino Insteon Shield

[Russ Tooley]

Wondering if there might be a difference between the current shield and v1 that prevents reading Insteon commands? My shield is v1 and works great for sending (and has for way over a year). However after setting the proper pins in the sample sketch for reading commands, I get no input. I haven't had the opportunity to work on this much, but I thought it would be good to verify that this should work.

Thanks,

Russ

[Alan Majer]

Hi Russ,

I don't think there should be a difference in the shields that would cause this (other than the pin numbers that would be different as you mentioned).  The pins in all shields should permit both TX/RX on serial so should work in those cases. 

One thing I'm not as sure about is whether there is some kind of monitor mode for the serial modem/PLC that's required to read serial data. I seem to remember reading about that years ago, so it's possible that it's a PLC setting I activated a long time ago and then forgot about.  Bob, did you have to setup a monitor mode first in order to get this to work on your end?

Russ, if you'd like, I still have an older V1 version of the shield kicking around. So if you want to email me your sketch with the modified pin settings, I can go ahead and try it to verify whether it works with the older shield on my end.

Alan

al...@goodrobot.com

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Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 08:28:23 -0500
Subject: V1 Arduino Insteon Shield
From: rto...@lakefield.net
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Wondering if there might be a difference between the current shield and v1 that prevents reading Insteon commands? My shield is v1 and works great for sending (and has for way over a year). However after setting the proper pins in the sample sketch for reading commands, I get no input. I haven't had the opportunity to work on this much, but I thought it would be good to verify that this should work.

Thanks,

Russ

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[Bob Durk]

Hello guys, 

My set up worked right away , make sure the baud for the serial monitor is set correctly though . 

Smarthome PowerLinc 2413S v1B 1403 

Bob

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[Russ Tooley]

Greetings...

I moved the Insteon shield to a Uno instead of the Mega - Voila, everything works as promised. I can confirm that the sample code for Reading Insteon and for Sending X10 codes work well with the V1 shield.

I am not sure what the issue is with the Mega as it works great for sending Insteon, but I'll research that later as I can use the Uno just fine.

My thanks to Alan, Ed, Bob, etc.

Russ 

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[Alan Majer]

Hi Russ, that's terrific news!  Glad to hear you got it working. 

Yes, like you, I'm also curious why it didn't work with the Mega ...a bit odd that it worked to send but not to receive. But nice that you can use the Uno in the meantime.

Alan

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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 22:07:21 -0500
Subject: Re: V1 Arduino Insteon Shield

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[Alan Majer]

Hi All,

I just wanted to share some early news with this group. We've been heads-down on a new product (launching on kickstarter next month) that should be a good complement to the Arduino Insteon Shield.  

It's a rechargeable wifi device that lets you easily build custom communications networks for your arduinos, sensors, and websites.  You plug your arduino into USB (which supplies power to the arduino), and use a web interface to define your network and endpoints. Then your arduino's data gets automatically transmitted or received in real time over an encrypted VPN.  You can see what the device looks like here:

  http://www.goodrobot.com/wiki/next_generation_home_automation

We hope this will be particularly useful for users of the home automation shield that want to easily connect their home systems (or custom sensors) via the Internet.  

The very first (early prototype) versions will be completed next week. We are keen to test these prior to launching our kickstarter. Would anyone on the list be open to giving one of these a whirl in exchange for providing feedback to us or creating a cool demo?  

Please let me know, we should soon have a small number of early prototypes that we can ship off to people.

Alan

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[Kevin Mark]

Hi Alan,

Sounds like a very cool project, I'd love to give one a go. I have the "original" Insteon shield you sent me some time ago with a manually soldered workaround. I hope it'll be compatible. Unfortunately the only Insteon component I have right now is a single dimmer light switch. Should be enough for a demo though.

Thanks,

Kevin

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[Bob Durk]

Good day all, 

Sounds very interesting Alan ; I would also would be interested as well. 

Let me know ,

BobD     

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[Russ Tooley]

Alan,

My, my, you are a creative guy! Looks like a useful device. 

I have a couple sensors on an Arduino for water quality measurement in a nearby creek. I'n not keen on running wires, but a battery driven wifi device might be just the ticket so I could get readings and securely share the results over the internet. So, I'd be interested in trying it out. Let me know and keep us in the loop as you go forward.

Russ

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[Alan Majer]

Russ, Bob, and Kevin,

Terrific to hear that you're all willing to give this a try!  I'll make arrangements with each of you off-list to get these out to you as soon as the first versions are ready.

Anyone else interested? We should have a few more available for testing.

Alan

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Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 21:09:56 -0500
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