Insteon SmartLinc

[JazJon]

Has anyone made a (Windows 7) Media Center interface for all this yet?

I'd like to control my Insteon 2412N & lights via WMC. (I don't use XBMC)

[Livin]

Strange you are posting a pure WMC & Insteon question in an EG forum... vs a WMC and/or Insteon forum?
FYI... to help in the future, I suggest putting a subject line that actually gives any clue to your goal and/or what you need help with. It will help you get more relevant eyes interested. The subject line you use is like walking into a grocery store, staring at the manager and saying "Food".

Since you do not detail anything about how you want it to 'integrate' I'll give you a general answer...

Only a few home automation apps work with WMC directly:

mControl -- Insteon, Z-wave, well over $100 (http://www.embeddedautomation.com)
... used v2 and was on beta team for v3. I will not likely buy as the price is too steep vs the MiCasa Vera 3 Lite releasing in Dec.

PowerController MCE -- Z-wave, Mi Case Vera (X10, Z-wave, Insteon), FREE (http://www.milliesoft.co.uk)
... used a few versions. worked fine and the developer was very responsive. I may use it depending on how it integrates with the Vera3

VmcController -- this is code you can use to build your own WMC integration, it is not an app. no guarantees on how well it works but I've read where people have used it (vmccontroller.codeplex.com/releases/view/45909)


For me, WMC integration is really not a big deal since I can easily have EG watch for IR commands and trigger actions/macros based on them to do most/all of what WMC integration would do.

[steve@rpad]

Hello, Just wondering if anyone home? Last post was back in 2011 so not much hope.....Here goes anyways....
I love EG.....best ever, then along came Android with terRemote. Heaven sent.....Finally a remote control that has infinite possibilities! Next I wanted to add Insteon. Instead of Insteon android app talking to tasker talking to terRemote talking to EG, I thought that I could get this SmartLinc plugin working. I'm following all the instructions in the readme provided with .zip file from beginning post but am using new Insteon Hub Controller. Still uses IP address. Anyways, I'm getting the following error in the log and am wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction to debug? I'm almost 50 years old and my programming skills are confined to C and C++ from 20 years ago. I have no problem learning Python, but then that would mean I wouldn't have my combined tablet remote up and running until about the year 2015. If anyone can help......? Is it just a matter of file names needing to be updated?

21:57:05 Error in Action: "Insteon SmartLinc: Device On: Hallway"
21:57:05 Traceback (most recent call last) (1610):
21:57:05 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\EventGhost\eg\Classes\ActionBase.py", line 170, in CallWrapper
21:57:05 return self(*args)
21:57:05 File "C:\ProgramData\EventGhost\plugins\SmartLinc\__init__.py", line 1067, in __call__
21:57:05 c.send(command)
21:57:05 File "asyncore.pyc", line 352, in send
21:57:05 File "socket.pyc", line 165, in _dummy
21:57:05 error: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor

[abuttino]

Hopefully, with the recent death of x10, someone can take a look at this.. I know Walter is in vacation, but hopefully someone else here can look at this to make it work with the hub.

I didn't realize how slim eventghost light control is on plugins until I found out that x10 was bankrupt and I'm stuck like you.

Does this work with the hub at all?

[abuttino]

Any word on future development of this project?

[barnabas1969]

I did a little reading about the Insteon Hub. It sounds like it works using an entirely different principle than the SmartLinc. Based on what I read, the Hub is actually controlled by Insteon's servers on the Internet. It doesn't sound like there is a way to connect to the Hub directly on your LAN... unless someone figures out a way to reverse-engineer the Hub's network security... which is probably encrypted.

[abuttino]

Glad I landed myself a SmartLinc, Actually 2 of them, the way you are talking, it seems like I might need one for a spare.

[abuttino]

Has scene control ever worked in this plugin? I am getting my first insteon devices and have been trying to activate an x10 scene that is stored on the smartinc but it won't work, gives an error.

[abuttino]

If any of you still use this plugin, I found that motion sensors always seem to trigger scene 01 if you don't have it paired with anything else. I found a way to get the motion sensor to make an event in this case.

Around line 351: eventTxt = lvl + "." +dat
change to: eventTxt = ID + "." +dat

If you still need the Scene event, I would suggest changing it to: eventTxt = ID + "." +lvl + "." +dat

Took me about 2 hours of snooping around in the code to find this. Also I found that loading the plugin FIRST will make sure it reports ALL events. and if you add eg.RestartAsyncore() around line 822, that also seems to help.

I don't understand why people have to abandon plug-ins like this, but what the hell, I figured I'd try it and I'm quite satisfied with the results.

The scenes were very poorly implemented on Smartlinc and this plugin.

EDIT: Line 822 for restart.asyncore

[abuttino]

I updated/modified this plugin to take X10 Commands (On/Off) if anyone wants it, PM me. Works VERY well.

[abuttino]

More updates to this plugin..

I added payloads for percentages.

Again, let me know if you want it.

[techoguy]

Just in case anyone stumbles on this thread,
the latest plugin for Insteon support is here:

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5698&hilit=insteon

Also note, that this plugin does work with the Insteon Hub. Both the smarlinc and Hub have an open un-documented or at least hard to find port (which is the same on both units) that supports LAN control of your insteon network. The port acts similar to the serial interface when using one of the other PLMs. NOTE that if you use HouseLinc, it uses this same port and only one connection can be made to it. So HouseLinc has to be shut down before the plugin can be used and same goes to restart SmartLinc if you want to make changes using HouseLinc.