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1. 4 1 3 Control Menu gt PowerHome le Maintenance e eigigel Macros Voice Reports Window Help B z Control Center Alt F1 ri KA amp B oo Ss 5 RH 2 We Reinit Connect Device Status Alt F6 nter DeviceStat PalmPad PHStat wWebCenter TimedEvents EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange Help Exit vlacro Formula Palm Pad Alt F7 PowerHome Status Alt F8 Web Center Alt F9 v Timed Events On Alt F5 Play Playlist Alt F3 Set Active Playlist Figure 4 1 3 Control Menu The Control Center is one of the main interfaces in PowerHome and can be launched automatically when PowerHome is started This interface consists of user defined tabs with buttons and graphics placed on these tabs The tabs buttons and backgrounds are fully user configurable This interface is ideal for touchscreen control and is available in the web interface If the Control Center is closed or hidden behind other windows the hotkey Alt F7 will always open or bring it to the top The first 24 tabs are also hot keyable The first 12 are available via F1 thru F12 and the next 12 are available via Shift F1 thru Shift F12 Buttons on the Control Center tabs may be clicked using the mouse or assigned hotkeys The Device Status Palm Pad PowerHome Status Web Center and Timed Events menu items each have their own button on the Toolbar and are discussed more fully below The Play Playlist and Set Active Playlist menu items are advanced features Details on
2. Additional Features 5 1 What s a Trigger 5 1 1 A Trigger Example 5 2 More About Macros 5 3 How Do I Tell PowerHome My Location 5 4 How Do I Setup My X 10 Stuff 5 4 1 Setting Up Your X 10 Controller 5 4 2 Setting Up Your X 10 Devices 5 5 How Do I Setup My IR Stuff 5 5 1 Setting Up Your IR Controller 5 5 2 Setting Up Your IR Devices 5 7 The Control Center 5 8 Where can I find some sample code Appendix A An Insteon Primer A 1 Insteon Background A 2 PowerHome and Insteon TROUBLESHOOTING Why do I Keep getting this Database Error in the PowerHome Explorer Special Notice Please see the WHATS NEW section of the README RTF file included in the PowerHome software for the latest information about PowerHome Introduction PowerHome is an extremely powerful and flexible Windows based software package that will give you full control over your home s lighting appliances and infrared devices when used in conjunction with the appropriate control hardware With PowerHome s programmable interface this control can be achieved via keyboard mouse web email X 10 IR RS 232 voice recognition socket communications Windows Messaging and even your internet enabled cell phone It is highly recommend that you take the time to at least briefly review this document before attempting to use PowerHome as certain aspects will not be readily apparent PowerHome DER Eile Maintenance Control Ma
3. Manual Linking KPL Config Reports Elk MA xsP Save Refresh end i Description Device Type App Delete POVVERLINC1 POVVERLINC CONTROLLER 1_ 2414U 24145 PowerLinc Controller 00 03 41 Delete ontrol TEST LIGHT MY INSTEON TEST LIGHT DU C 2476D SwitchLinc Dimmer 600 watt O0 FF BB Figure 3 6 1 Insteon Exp 1 Open the Insteon Explorer and click on the Devices tab 2 Click on the Control button next to TEST LIGHT Id 3 Click on any of the buttons on the popup control panel and watch your Insteon Light Flash Dim Brighten etc see figure 3 6 2 16 PowerHome A al x File Maintenance Macros elp F EvolomEeme e almana PE Macro Formula v Run r gagan Insteon Explorer 4 bad 10 Polinterval Status Scan LevelRampx10Scan Write LevelRamp xX10 V LinkScan WA Save PLC Settings 5 Max Failures PLC Group Cleanup Update on ACK Allow Link Spidering IV ScrollLog Tab Scrollbars Insteon SDM Log 2007 06 12 15 24 08 456 RX RECEIVEINSTEONRAW 02 A 2007 06 12 15 24 08 566 RX EVENTRAV 03 2007 06 12 15 24 08 666 RX EVENTRAV 03 lt ui Completed Operations POLL STATUS Device TEST LIGHT FF FF FE Pending Operations POLL STATUS Device TEST LIGHT FF FF FE Iw Ki i il Setup Types Devices re Groups Links Manual Linking KPL Contig Reports Er MSP ave Refresh Appena Description Insteon Controller Delete POWERLI
4. PowerLinc Controller V2 Serial Elk M1 Gold Serial Insteon PowerLinc 2414S Unused parallel port s CIR interface Multi CIR Velleman K8000 Unused USB port RedRat3 USB UIRT PowerLinc USB PowerLinc V2 USB Insteon PowerLinc 2414U Sound card text to speech and voice recognition Network connection for Web Server and Socket Server access Elk M1 Gold Ethernet Global Cache GC 100 Internet connection for remote Web Access and freedb support Getting Started 2 1 Installing PowerHome PowerHome can be downloaded from http www power home com and is fully functional with a 30 day evaluation period After the evaluation period has expired PowerHome will not send commands to hardware controllers and will have to be registered You may purchase an unlock key from the above website If you are installing PowerHome for the first time just run the setup exe file and follow the instructions If you are upgrading from a previous version please follow the upgrade instructions in the next section 2 1 1 Upgrading from an Earlier Version Follow these steps to upgrade from version 1 03 4 7 1 03 4 8 1 03 4 9 1 03 4 10 1 Rename your existing PowerHome installation directory The default install directory will be C Program Files PowerHome Do not install over your existing directory 2 Install version 1 03 4 11 Be sure that you do not install to the same directory as your existing version 3 Copy your existing pwrhome db and p
5. T Reinit Connect Explorer Muki Edit InsteonExp CtlCenter Device Stat Palm Pad Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tile TileHoriz Layer Cascade Arange Help Exit Macro Formula v Run i PowerHome Status OX May 19 2007 16 23 12 N Macro BUTTON STATUS executed May 19 2007 16 23 12 RPE Check rigger check of PLC RECEIVED COMMAND performed Incoming Insteon received on Insteon DM controller SHPLC2414 From Address 00 70 CB To Address 00 26 9A Flags 69 Cmd1 17 Cmd2 1 May 19 2007 16 23 12 JN Macro TESTING BETWEEN TIMES executed May 19 2007 16 23 12 M Macro BUTTON STATUS executed May 19 2007 16 23 12 it Check rigger check of ABBREVIATED TIME performed May 19 2007 16 23 12 MYpp At k rigger check of PLC RECEIVED COMMAND performed Incoming Insteon received on Insteon DM controller SHPLC2414 From Address 00 70 CB To Address 00 00 01 Flags 207 Cmdi 17 Cmd2 J0 May 19 2007 16 22 57 Incoming X 10 received on Insteon DM controller SHPLC2414 Byte Values 01 63 Decode AfOfi May 19 2007 16 22 57 Incoming X 10 received on Insteon DM controller SHPLC2414 Byte Values 00 63 Decode A11 lt 9 F 8 S 3 3 Bi 8 5 v M D Figure 4 2 9 PowerHome Status 4 2 10 Web Center The Web Center is another PowerHome interface page which can be set as the default load page The Web Center is basically an Internet Explorer Web Browser window that available for remote control from within PowerHome
6. Device Status Control Center Proxy Script Sun cD freedb Socket Server Devices E 10 ASEMENT RECEIV MCE Figure 5 5 2 IR Equipment 2 Type aunique IR equipment ID in the ID field Within this screen the ID must be unique The ID should be descriptive of the piece of infrared equipment but short enough to save typing in later sections After entering an ID next enter the Manufacturer of the equipment and then enter the Model number 3 Enter the total number of keys you would like to learn for this piece of IR equipment This would typically be the number of keys on the equipment s IR remote but may need to be adjusted up or down in certain circumstances When you enter the number of keys and go to the IR Equipment Details screen which you will do in the next step PowerHome will automatically insert that number of rows for you You will not be able to insert or delete rows from the IR Equipment Details screen and the number of rows can only be adjusted by the Total Keys field When adjusting this number if you increase the number rows will be added to the end If you decrease this number rows will be deleted from the end Once deleted the data associated with these rows is lost and would have to be relearned 4 Next set the Controller to the name of the controller you created in section 5 5 1 Leave the IR Zone field set to 1 Certain IR controllers suc
7. Open the PowerHome Explorer and using the left hand tree view navigate to PowerHome gt Setup gt Controllers 2 Assign a short meaningful ID you will use this ID to send Insteon commands In the example below Figure 3 3 2 the PowerLinc Insteon Controller PLC is named MY INSTEON CONTROLLER but you can choose a more meaningful name like MYCTRLR or INSTPLC 3 Choose the Insteon DM controller type This tells PowerHome that you re using an Insteon Controller There are other types of controllers which are discussed in the PowerHome Users Guide 4 Click the Active box You can click the Settings button to see the individual settings but the defaults should be fine 5 Restart or reinitialize PowerHome in order for the changes to take effect and allow the Insteon Controller to load To reinitialize PowerHome left click on the first button on the tool bar To restart 11 PowerHome close PowerHome and then open PowerHome gt PowerHome PowerHome Explorer c program files powerhome database phsample db B File Edit Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help z 4 0 ki fi K o 8 B oo ml Reinit Connect Explorer Multi Edit InsteonExp CtlCenter DeviceStat PalmPad PHStat WebCenter TimedEvents EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Macro Formula v ceil Setup Controllers _Load Order i Controller Type ao z i Pe X 10 Settings IR Settings Logs Device Status Control Center Prox
8. i HE T Reinit Connect Explorer Multi Edit Insteon TED levice Stat PamPad PHStat Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange Help Exit Macro Formula v Run See section 4 1 3 and section 5 7 4 2 7 Device Status Eile Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help B 7 E 4 D Ga ri 2 Lal 6 6 B o0 im HE 2 We Reinit Connect Explorer Multi Edit InsteonExp CtrlCenter Device Stat PalmPad PHStat Web Center Timed Events EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange Help Exit Macro Formula v Run see section 3 5 4 2 8 Palm Pad PowerHome includes a virtual Palm Pad X 10 controller With this interface you may quickly send standard X 10 commands from your computer without having to do any setup beyond telling PowerHome what X 10 controller you have The hotkey for opening or bringing this interface to the front is Alt F7 File Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help z A o 5 ri K e B oo Reinit Connect Explorer Multi Edit InsteonExp CtlCenter Device Stak PalmPad PHStat Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Macro Formula Run COK E HHHHHHH HC Ctir SHPLC2414 Figure 4 2 8 Palm Pad 29 4 2 9 PH Status The PowerHome Status screen gives you a real time peek at what is currently going on within PowerHome as well as what has just recently happened You can see how long Powe
9. 1 2 Maintenance Menu Most of the configuration and maintenance within PowerHome is accomplished via the PowerHome Explorer This single window gives you access to the PowerHome database and allows you to configure and tailor PowerHome to your liking see Figure 3 3 1 The PowerHome Multi Editor is an advanced feature This screen is a full featured editor for several PowerHome supported file formats including SQL VBScript HTML PowerHome formulas etc In the case of some formats you can optionally execute the code SQL VBScript Formulas etc Details can be found in the PowerHome Users Manual 21 The Insteon Explorer see Figure 3 6 1 allows you to configure all of your Insteon Devices in many different ways You can automatically or manually set up your Insteon devices as well as link them group them control them configure their links configure Keypad controls in various ways and upload to the Elk M1 security controller From the Insteon Explorer you can watch in real time which commands are sent to and from your PowerLinc controller It also has a myriad of Insteon reports allowing you to troubleshoot Insteon communication issues The Insteon Explorer also allows you to download SmartHome s Insteon CoreApp and configure your PowerLinc controller Note You cannot download macros or timers from PowerHome to the PowerLinc Controller Custom Colors DropDown Sort Windows Spy are covered in the PowerHome Users Manual
10. Do I Setup My X 10 Stuff You ve already setup an Insteon Controller in PowerHome see Section 3 3 That Insteon Controller is also an X 10 controller and you need not do anything more regarding setting it up as an X 10 controller If you do not have any other X 10 controller skip to section 5 4 2 5 4 1 Setting Up Your X 10 Controller If you have other X 10 controllers you have to let PowerHome know about them 1 Go to PowerHome gt Setup gt Controllers and then follow the instructions in Section 3 3 only this time pick the name of the X 10 controller you have from the Controller Type dropdown box Click on the Settings button You can check or uncheck the individual X 10 commands that the controller will listen for You can send any X 10 command which is supported by your particular controller but you ll only want one controller to respond to incoming X 10 commands if you have multiple controllers If you only have a single X 10 controller then you ll typically have all the commands checked Also if you have a powerline controller and an RF controller they can both receive the same commands since one will listen on the powerline and the other will be listening for RF 39 D Edit Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help B 5 2 o 6 i a mo 8a o s RE F Ea n E Q D es E Reinit Explorer Mulki Edit InsteonExp CtlCenter Device Stat PalmPad PHStat WebCenter TimedEvents EventLog Tile Til
11. Time Type DA Global Variables 2007 05 08 12 11 00 Exact v Hourly v Absolute v 10 2007 05 08 12 01 00 Macro v TEST MACRO a Macros Formulas Control Center Ti Formulas N Triage A a Vaira Figure 3 8 1 Timed Events 1 Click on the PowerHome Explorer button or use the Maintenance dropdown menu to open PowerHome Explorer 2 Inthe left hand pane click on Timed Events or you can click on Timed Events in the right hand pane 3 Inthe right hand pane start filling in the blank row Most of the information can be entered using the dropdown menus 4 The first column is already filled in for you and cannot be changed It indicates the first date and time this event will be run As you fill in the remaining columns this value may change 5 The second column Timing lets you indicate whether you want this event to be executed at sunrise sunset dawn dusk or the exact time s you choose in the following columns Choose Exact for this example 19 10 11 The Frequency column gives you many options For this example choose Hourly The Offset column lets you randomize or modify by a set amount of time when you want the event to occur For this example choose Absolute In the Offset Amount column type in 10 This tells PowerHome that you want this event to start 10 Minutes AFTER the reference time If you choose Absolute in the previous column then the event would h
12. You should have at least one controller connected to PowerHome but you can have multiple controllers connected to PowerHome through your PC To set PowerHome up for Insteon use you must first let PowerHome know that you have an Insteon controller connected to your PC You do this through the PowerHome Explorer If you have not already done so start PowerHome on your computer 10 PowerHome PowerHome Explorer c program files powerhome database pwrhome db ey File Edit Ejicele Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help H PowerHome Explorer Ei ri Kh 9 amp A oo Reinit Cor PowerHome Multi Editor xp CtlCenter Device Stat PalmPad PHStat Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tile v Run Macro Formule Insteon Explorer I Custom Colors gees Dropdown Sort Devices Global Vi Window Spy Macros mere O O Formulas obal Variables Control Center Timed Event Formulas Timed Events ormulas Triggers ontrol Center Voice imed Event Formulas Discs imed Events Slots Playlists Video User laylists LILA AL ALALU OC Figure 3 3 1 PowerHome Explorer The PowerHome Explorer can be found under the Maintenance dropdown menu on top of your screen Figure 3 3 1 You will become very familiar with the PowerHome Explorer window as you learn more about PowerHome because this is where you setup many of your devices and preferences for PowerHome You will return to this window often 1
13. any program attached to it will be unaware that a transition occurred As long as the switch is controlling at least one other device a group message will be sent and the PLC and any program attached will know that the switch was turned on or off locally If local switch sensing is desired and the switch does not control any other loads you can still link the switch directly to the PLC This will in effect create a record in the switch s database and a group command will be sent Although the PLC will not respond to the command it will receive the message and pass it on to any connected program The PLC device itself can have its own groups and control them as well The PLC device can have a total of 254 groups from 1 to 254 The PLC CANNOT trigger another device s group All Insteon messages are signed with the address of the originating device and the PLC is no different If you have a KeyPadLinc that controls 5 lights in its group 3 then you cannot trigger that group directly from the PLC and would instead have to re create the same group of 5 lights into a PLC group Group 255 is an All Units On group If the PLC or another Insteon device sends a command to group 255 then any device that is a member of ANY group from the controlling device will respond This is how a ControLinc performs an All Lights On and All Lights Off commands A 2 PowerHome and Insteon PowerHome supports both direct commands from the PLC to another Insteon device
14. as well as group commands sent from the PLC PowerHome should also accurately track all Insteon commands whether they originate from PowerHome or from any other Insteon device on the network and update the Device Status screen appropriately PowerHome also supports the creation of links within the PLC and remote devices from within PowerHome If you prefer to create links using the physical tap tap method PowerHome supports this as well and will automatically query remote devices for any changes within their database Once a controller has been created and communications established with the Insteon Device Manager you re ready to setup your Insteon network The easiest way to do this is to use the 49 Insteon Explorer This new window is totally dedicated to setting and maintaining your Insteon network You can read about this screen in the PowerHome Users Manual 50 TROUBLESHOOTING Why do I Keep getting this Database Error in the PowerHome Explorer The window shown below is characteristic of this problem Database Error x gt An error occurred while updating the database 2 Choose OK to continue without saving or Cancel to attempt to fix the error SQLSTATE 23000 Sybase ODBC Driver Adaptive Server Anywhere Integrity constraint violation Column key_desc in table macroheader cannot be NULL No changes made to database INSERT INTO macroheader id key_desc list_include grammar_include cust
15. each can be found in the PowerHome Users Manual 22 4 1 4 Macros Menu if PowerHome File Maintenance Control MOES Voice Reports Window Help 7 E Play Macro Alt F2 ri K g B op m i ote 2 Qs Reinit Connect Explorer Set Active Macro ice Stat PalmPad PHStat WebCenter TimedEvents EventLog Tile TileHoriz Layer Cascade Arange Help Erit Macro Formula Macros 1 12 Macros 13 24 Macros 25 36 Macros 37 48 yrs Figure 4 1 4 Macros Menu PowerHome allows you to execute the macros you ve written in a number of different ways The Macros Menu is one way The Play Macro option has a hotkey of Alt F2 and will instantly transport you from wherever you are to the quick macro player under the menu bar and toolbar You may type a macro ID to play or select one from the dropdown list and press the enter key or play button You can also use this quick macro player to evaluate formulas To do this you must precede the formula with a special character Use a single quote as the very first character of the formula to have the formula evaluated without feedback Use a double quote as the very first character of the formula to evaluate the formula with the result appearing in a message box The Set Active Macro option allows you to select a macro in which to record Control Center actions After selecting a macro from the dropdown window as the current macro you can right click on Control Center buttons and select Add to Ma
16. executing When a macro is waiting a snapshot of everything associated with the macro is saved to the database and a timer is started similar to a timed event The macro is then terminated Since PowerHome only allows a single process to be running at a time other processes are now free to run You can see any Waiting macros in the PowerHome Status screen When the time is expired the macro is reloaded and execution resumes where it left off The Wait command is useful when you want an action to continue at a later time usually much later than with a delay and you don t want other execution to stop Consider the scenario where you turn a light on and you want it to automatically turn off 30 minutes later You could do this with two macros The first one turns the light on and the second one turns the light off When you Call the first macro that turns the light on the last line would be a Create Timed Event command for the second macro to turn the light off 30 minutes later With the Wait command this could all be accomplished in a single macro The first couple of lines turn the light on the next line is a wait command for 30 minutes 1800 seconds and then the next couple of lines turn the light off 9 The Insteon command will send direct Insteon commands to an Insteon controller you have previously configured PowerHome to use See section 3 7 for an example 5 3 How Do Tell PowerHome My Location Much automation activity centers
17. in the eventlog table You can also sort and filter this report Filtering allows you to show only the type of information that you re interested in and hides the rest A discussion of filtering can be found in the PowerHome Users Manual PowerHome File Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help 2 F Exo unag a a mana Macro Formula B Run Event Log DER Fiter Event Log Jun 11 2007 19 30 53 u From 192 168 0 105 POST ph cgi ccbutton HTTP 1 Accept image gif image x xbitmap imagejpeg image pjpeg application x shockwave flash Referer http 192 168 0 10 8000 ph cgi controlcenter id COOLSAT amp type 1 amp flags 6 Accept Language en us Content Type application x www form urlencoded Accept Encoding gzip deflate User Agent Mozilla 4 0 compatible MSIE 6 0 Windows NT 5 1 FunVebProducts NET CLR 1 1 4322 Host 192 168 0 10 8000 Content Length 38 Connection Keep Alive Cache Control no cache type 1 amp btnid COOLSAT amp parm1 31 amp nexturl 19 30 41 rigger Check Trigger check of RL performed 19 30 41 AEE incoming Insteon received on Insteon DM controller INSTEON From Address 00 16 63 To Address 01 0D 28 Flags 69 Cmd1 19 Cmd2 1 Decode Group Cleanup From KITCHEN To POWERLINC1 Group 1 Off 19 30 40 AStESRIAN incoming Insteon received on Insteon DM controller INSTEON From Address A0 82 0B To Address 30 D3 41 Flags 69 Cmd1 19 Cmd2 1 Decode Group Cleanup From
18. o FF 56 2476D SwitchLinc Dimmer 600 watt zimy INSTEON CONTROL v Front Porch Digital WO Analog WO Insteon p Global Variables Macros Formulas Figure 3 4 1 Setting Up Insteon Devices Device Detail Screen 7 When you open the Insteon Devices Detail screen you will see a line already populated with the information you ve already entered in section 3 3 Since the Insteon Controller is an Insteon device and you ve already told PowerHome about it that information is 13 already on this screen To open a blank line to enter information about the Insteon Light Switch right click on a blank part of the screen and click Insert 2 Inthe ID column enter a name for your Insteon Light Switch For example TEST LIGHT You should enter a short memorable name in the ID column as you will use this name often with other aspects of PowerHome 3 The next column lets your more fully describe the Insteon Device Enter whatever you like in this column 4 The third column contains a check box which you should check This box determines whether PowerHome will attempt communications with the Test Light for link scanning link creating status polling etc Concepts you will learn more about in the PowerHome Users Manual 5 The fourth column labeled Address is quite important Each Insteon device has a unique address consisting of 3 pairs of hexadecimal characters This address is generally printed on a label on th
19. or external event A Timed Event is similar to a trigger except that it only responds to date and time Triggers have a wider array of responses and can be fired when an incoming Insteon X 10 or IR signal is received by a controller when an Insteon X 10 or IR signal is sent by a controller or when a Windows message or socket communications is received 5 1 1 A Trigger Example 1 Triggers like everything else in PowerHome are defined within the PowerHome Explorer They are located below Timed Events in the navigation pane Right click in the detail pane and choose Insert from the popup menu to create a new trigger 2 Triggers must have a unique ID Type one in the ID field Type in a description of the Trigger in the Description field For this example use Macro in the Action Type box 3 Choose the macro to execute when the trigger fires in the Action dropdown You can use the Test Macro you created in the section 3 7 example above 4 The next field determines whether the trigger is Active or Disabled Make sure the trigger you are creating is active Later you may want to temporarily disable a trigger from executing without deleting it 5 The Trigger Type field determines what is going to cause this trigger to fire PowerHome can execute this trigger when it plays an IR command IR Out or when a supported controller receives an incoming IR command IR In We can do the same w
20. the macro will terminate Be careful with the jump command If you had a jump command with a SKTTSDF value of 0 the macro would jump to the current line forever and would essentially be locked up Now you may be thinking what good is the jump command By itself it s not very useful except to maybe jump to the very end of a macro in order to end it early But when you become more advanced you will be creating formulas and the real power of the jump command will become apparent The Delay command allows you to pause the execution of a macro for a specified number of milliseconds When a macro is delayed other macros can t run In fact all other command processing is essentially halted since PowerHome is designed to thread commands so that only one at a time is running The delay command is most useful for very short delays usually associated with the sending if IR commands All IR commands have a built in delay default of 200ms so they don t run together and confuse the equipment But sometimes you may need a little bit more in order to wait for a piece of equipment to finish its processing Keep delays short and you shouldn t have any problems Remember that there are 1000 milliseconds ina second 37 8 The Wait command is similar to the Delay command in that the macro is paused but the similarity ends there Wait commands are in seconds instead of milliseconds Wait commands also don t delay other macros or commands from
21. will be created where you can enter information about an additional Insteon device Like so many things in PowerHome there are multiple ways to perform particular tasks Instead of using the PowerHome Explorer to create our Insteon Light Switch in PowerHome you could have used PowerHome s Insteon Explorer This method is fully discussed in the PowerHome Users Manual 14 3 5 Turn On A Light Using The PH Status Screen PowerHome gives you many different ways to turn on your Insteon Light Switch We are going to explore 4 different ways in this QuickStart guide You will discover even more in the PowerHome Users Manual On the PowerHome toolbar click on the Device Stat button The Device Status screen appears and all the Devices you ve previously created appear on the list In this example only the TEST LIGHT is on the list You can now turn the Insteon Light Switch on or off by clicking on the on off buttons in the Qontrol column PowerHome D x File Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Hip Ra a Oo Reinit Connect Explorer Yatti Edit Insteon Exp CtrlCenter Device Stat Palm Pad PHStat Web Center Timed Events Event Log Tile Tile Horiz ye Cascade Arrange Help E gt Macro Formula lt Device Status Device List MY INSTEON TEST LIGHT TEST LIGHT 00 FF BB un 13 2007 12 04 50 Figure 3 5 Device Status Screen Turning On A Light 15 3 6 Or Turn On A Light
22. 0 to 255 A value of 0 would be fully dimmed or off and a value of 255 would be 100 bright When you control an Insteon device locally it will default to turning full on You can optionally set a local level so that when you turn a dimmable Insteon device on locally it will turn on at a predefined level of your choosing Once on at this level if you press the On switch again the light will go to full on If you set the local level to 0 the light will turn on to the last level the light was at when it was turned off Additionally each dimmable Insteon device has an individual local ramprate The local ramprate controls how quickly the device turns On or Off when the device is locally switched Values for the ramprate range from 0 to 31 with 31 being nearly instant and 0 taking close to 9 minutes All Insteon devices are inherently two way unlike X 10 where typically only the more expensive devices were capable of two way communication Most Insteon devices are capable of being remotely controlled as well as acting as a controller to control other Insteon devices The Insteon specification allows for a number of standard and extended length messages but for our purposes we really only need to concern ourselves with two types of standard messages These are direct commands and group commands A direct command is a single Insteon device directly communicating with another single Insteon device These communications are typically acknowledged t
23. 00 wati JCONTROLLING POWERLINC1 POWERLINC CONTROLLER VERIFIED VERIFIED 01 00 28 2414U 24145 PowerLine Controlle DARLENE POVWERLINC2 POVWERLINC CONTROLLER VERIFIED VERIFIED 00 03 41 2414U 2414S PowerLinc Controlle FAMILYRM age ag again ee a a FAMILYRM KPL KITCHEN KITCHENCTRL1 KITCHENF AN KITCHENF ANLIGHT LIVINGRM1 LIVINGRM2 Device Type MASTER POWERLINC2 POWERLINC CONTROLLER VERIFIED VERIFIED 00 03 41 2414U 724145 PowerLinc Contro MASTERBATH POWERLINC1 POWERLINC CONTROLLER VERIFIED VERIFIED 01 00 28 2414U 724145 PowerLine Contro MASTERFAN KITCHENFANLIGHT KITCHEN FAN LIGHT VERIFIED VERIFIED 00 18 1F 2476D SwitchLine Dimmer 600 w MASTERHALL KITCHENFAN KITCHEN FAN VERIFIED VERIFIED 00 C7 DE 2876S Icon Relay MASTERWALKIN LIVINGRMI Living Room Loveseat VERIFIED VERIFIED 00 02 AD 245603 LampLinc 3 pin NEW DEVICE 1 PANTRY PANTRY AREA LIGHT VERIFIED VERIFIED 00 00 45 2476D SwitchLinc Dimmer 600 w pe NOOK BREAKFAST NOOK VERIFIED VERIFIED 00 10 70 2476D SwitchLinc Dimmer 600 w STAIRS STAIR CANS VERIFIED VERIFIED 00 18 D9 2476D SwitchLinc Dimmer 600 w w iL PowerHome Screen with Insteon Explorer opened 1 1 Features e Insteon and X 10 Control via PowerLinc Controller V2 Serial and USB e Supports all Insteon Devices auto discovery software linking spidering full KPL Keypad support e Supports Elk M1 Gold Serial and Ethernet 1 2 Fully programmable interface via your choice o
24. 48 macros appear within the menu structure along with their appropriate menu hotkeys by setting them in the Menu Shortcut field You would typically only do this for your most often used macros When you make changes to the Menu Shortcut field the changes are not recognized until PowerHome is restarted or reinitialized Go to the Macro Detail screen by pressing the small button to the left of the macro you wish to build see figure 3 7 2 Initially the Macro Detail screen will start with a single blank row To add additional rows right click and select Insert from the popup menu or press the tab key when in the last column of the last row Macros are a collection of individual macro commands Each macro command is contained ona single line Lines are executed in order starting with the lowest sequence and progress up to the highest sequence After the last line is executed the macro terminates The first column in the Macro Detail table is the sequence When you are creating macros lines start 35 with 10 and each subsequent row is incremented by 10 This makes it easy to resequence the macro lines in a different order When you save your macro to the database this sequence will be divided by 10 The next column in the Macro Detail table is the Skip column When this column is checked that macro line is not executed This feature is useful if you wish to temporarily disable some commands from ex
25. Event command allows you to insert entries into the Timed Events Table This command is useful when you want a macro to make something happen in the future You will select a macro ID in the ID column and then type a value in the SKTTSDF field representing a date time in the future when you want that macro to be played You can place two different values here You can type a number which represents that many minutes ahead in the future or you type an actual date and time If you were to type a 5 then the Timed Event would be created to execute 5 minutes in the future from the time that macro line was executed If you wish to type a specific time and date use a format of yyyy mm dd hh mm ss This will create a Timed Event for that specific date and time The Jump command is actually more of an intermediate command rather than a beginner s command What the Jump command does is simply jump forward or backwards a specified number of lines You can think of the current line as line 0 The next line would be line 1 the one after that would be line 2 and so on The line previous to the current line would be line 1 and before that would be line 2 A macro normally starts its execution at the first line and then proceeds to the next line and the next The Jump command allows you to change this flow of execution If you jump to a line before the first line you ll be taken to the first line If you jump to a line after the last line
26. NCI POWERLINC CONTROL Delete TEST LIGHT wymsteontestuc Dimmable Device e pss 2 Fast On 00 03 41 OO FF BB il Off ID TEST LIGHT mean Address 00 FF BB Dim Bright Manual Change Manual Change Flash Bright Dim ibi Figure 3 6 2 Popup Control Window on Insteon Explorer Device Tab 3 7 Or Turn On A Light Using A Macro A macro is simply one or more lines of instructions which tells PowerHome what to do From a macro you can turn on and off lights send pre defined infrared commands send raw X 10 commands call other macros set variables launch applications switch to other applications initiate a web connection answer a telephone Anything that PowerHome can do can be done through a macro Read all about the power of macros in the PowerHome Users Manual For this example the macro will turn on the Insteon Light Switch wait 15 seconds and then turn off the Insteon Light Switch 1 Click on the PowerHome Explorer button or use the Maintenance dropdown menu to open PowerHome Explorer 2 Inthe left hand pane click on Macros or you can click on Macros in the right hand pane 3 Inthe right hand pane start filling in the blank row Name your macro and type the name in the ID column 4 Describe what your macro will do in the Description column 17 5 Leave the default entries in the remaining columns Left click on the left most column looks like a file to open the macr
27. PowerHome PowerHome QuickStart Guide Version 1 03 4 11 Revision 5 Copyright 1999 2007 David W Howard Web http www power home com Email support myx10 com TABLE OF CONTENTS Special Notice 4 Introduction 5 1 1 Features 5 1 2 Technical Overview 6 1 3 System Requirements 7 Getting Started 8 2 1 Installing PowerHome 8 2 1 1 Upgrading from an Earlier Version 8 2 2 Starting PowerHome the First Time 8 2 3 A Brief Message for Beginners 9 Turning On A Light 10 3 1 But How Do I Turn On A Light 10 3 2 Checklist For Turning On An Insteon Light 10 3 3 Let PowerHome Know You Have An Insteon PowerLinc Controller 10 3 4 Let PowerHome Know You Have An Insteon Light Switch 13 3 5 Turn On A Light Using The PH Status Screen 15 3 6 Or Turn On A Light Using The Insteon Explorer Screen 16 3 7 Or Turn On A Light Using A Macro 17 3 8 Or Turn On A Light Using A Timed Event 19 A Brief Tour Menus and Toolbars 21 4 1 Menus 21 4 1 1 File Menu 21 4 1 2 Maintenance Menu 21 4 1 3 Control Menu 22 4 1 4 Macros Menu 23 4 1 5 Voice Menu 23 4 1 6 Reports Menu 23 4 1 7 Window Menu 24 4 1 8 Help Menu 24 4 2 Toolbar 26 4 2 1 Reinitialize 26 4 2 2 Connect 26 4 2 3 PowerHome Explorer 27 4 2 4 Multi Edit 28 4 2 5 Insteon Explorer 28 4 2 6 Control Center 28 4 2 7 Device Status 29 4 2 8 Palm Pad 29 4 2 9 PH Status 30 4 2 10 Web Center 31 42 11 Timed Event 4 2 12 Event Log
28. PowerHome is an extremely flexible and powerful software home automation control package As such its features and interface may be overwhelming at first This QuickStart guide will get you up and running quickly with a core set of features Absent from this guide will be details of programming and formulas As you become comfortable with PowerHome you may gradually work into these advanced features for the ultimate in power and functionality All features of PowerHome including the advanced features can be found in the PowerHome Users Manual included with your PowerHome download Turning On A Light 3 1 But How Do Turn On A Light If you re like most PowerHome users you ve already thought about the many things you want to do with PowerHome PowerHome can control not only home lighting X 10 and Insteon but home theaters through IR and RS232 X 10 and Insteon blinds and drapes heating and air conditioning systems security systems Elk M1 Gold sprinklers make voice announcements get the weather through the Web and announce it or show it on your PC touch screen or web enabled phone announce telephone callers Caller ID with an appropriate modem and the list goes on PowerHome can control your home not only through your PC but through remote PCs throughout your home touch screens through the web and email It can email you home status reports alerts or whatever you choose This list is not exhaustive Imaginative PowerHome use
29. SEMENI Plugins GARAGE SENSOR SENSORN GARAS i E E x10 Settings HALL LIGHT X10 HALL LIGHT X10 ka WS4777 In Wall 3 way Light Switch v SHPLC2414 v RALL SPEAKERS BASEMENT BASEMENT SPEAKERS F y AM486 Plug in Appliance Module 2 Prong v SHPLO2414 y BASEMENT SPEAKERS DECK OUTSIDE DECK F v v AM486 Plug in Appliance Module 2 Prong v SHPLC2414 v OUTSIDE Control Cente SPEAKERS GREAT ROOMB amp W 802 GR F f AM486 Plug in Appliance Module 2 Prong v SHPLC2a14 y GREAT Ro Proxy SPEAKERS LIBRARY _ INFINITY IF v ANM486 Plug in Appliance Module 2 Prong v SHPLC2414 v MIBRARY STEREO RECEIVER Bre JE v 2 JAMA86 Plug in Appliance Module 2 Prong v JSHPLC2414 v GREAT RO 40 Figure 5 4 2 X 10 Devices 2 Initially the X 10 Devices screen will have a single blank line To add additional X 10 devices right click in the detail pane and select Insert on the popup menu This will insert a new blank row 3 Enter an ID and Description of your choosing Enter the House Code and Unit Code from the dropdown boxes 4 Enter the Module Type and Controller from the dropdown boxes 5 Lastly enter a Location for the device The last three columns can be left at their default values Be sure to save the newly added devices by pressing F5 You re now ready to use the X 10 devices in macros and formulas Your X 10 devices will also now appear on the PowerHome Device Status screen In addition yo
30. To Group 1 Off 19 30 40 BEE coming nsteon received on Insteon DM controller INSTEON From Address 00 16 63 To Address 01 10 46 Flags 69 Cmd1 19 Cmd2 1 Decode Group Cleanup From KITCHEN To KITCHENCTRL1 Group 1 Off 19 30 40 g eck Trigger check of RL performed 19 30 40 SEE ncoming Insteon received on Insteon DM controller INSTEON From Address 00 16 63 To Address 00 00 01 Flags 207 Cmd1 19 Cmd2 0 Decode Group Broadcast From KITCHEN Group 1 Off 19 30 39 E SSM From 192 168 0 105 GET Jph cgitblank HTTPA 4 Accept image gif image xbitmap imagejpeg image pjpeg application x shockwave flash Referer http 92 168 0 10 8000 ph cgi controlcenter id COOLSAT amp tlags 6 Accept Language en us Accept Encoding gzip deflate User Agent Mozilla 4 0 compatible MSIE 6 0 Window s NT 5 1 FunebProducts NET CLR 1 1 4322 Host 192 168 0 10 8000 Connection Keep Alive 19 30 39 sighs g IR for COOLSAT 5 sent 19 30 39 TS CEM eee rom 192 168 0 105 POST Jph cgifccbutton HTTP 1 Figure 4 2 12 Event Log 33 Additional Features This QuickStart Guide is meant to get you up and running PowerHome quickly But there is much more to PowerHome It all can be reviewed in the PowerHome Users Manual Just to whet your appetite here are a few more features of PowerHome along with a primer on setting up PowerHome with X 10 and IR devices 5 1 What s a Trigger Triggers are fired in response to an internal
31. Using The Insteon Explorer Screen While the PowerHome Explorer can be used to setup and control Insteon X 10 IR etc the Insteon Explorer is a series of screens and tabs dedicated to just Insteon From the Insteon Explorer Setup tab you can setup the Insteon Powerlinc controller add an Insteon Light Switch through the Device tab which you ve already done in section 3 4 using the PowerHome Explorer automatically and manually link Insteon Devices configure KeypadLincs view many Insteon communication reports configure the Elk M1 Gold with Insteon information and view the real time commands sent from and to the Insteon Powerlinc controller in the upper windows You can read more about each of these items in the PowerHome Users Manual PowerHome File Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help a z Evo Meme SBI manai Ms Macro Formula v Run ra Insteon Explorer DE R 10 Polinterval JV Status Scan LevelRampikiO Scan Write LevelRampix10 LinkScan WA Save PLC Settings 5 Max Failures PLC Group Cleanup J Update on ACK P Allow Link Spidering M ScrollLog Tab Scrollbars Pending Operations Completed Operations Insteon SDM Log POLL STATUS Device TEST LIGHT FF FF FE POLL STATUS Device TEST LIGHT FF FF FE 2007 06 12 14 41 49 595 RX RECEIVEINSTEONRAW 02 A 2007 06 12 14 41 49 706 RX EVENTRAVY 03 2007 06 12 14 41 49 706 RX EVENTRAVY 03 v lt gt s gt lt gt Setup Types Devi PLC Groups Links
32. You can set the default page to be loaded typically the PowerHome Internal webserver main page or another custom launch page Remote control of the Web Center window is available using PowerHome formula functions that can be found in the Help file Control of this window would typically be an advanced user function In addition to serving up internal PowerHome web pages the Web Center is a standard browser capable of displaying web pages from any Internet site One typical use would be to setup a timed event within PowerHome to automatically load various pages at different times of the day or based upon various PowerHome events 31 4 2 11 Timed Event File Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help gt 7 a 0 a ri 2 mm e D o0 m H T Reinit Connect Explorer Muki Edit InsteonEsp CulCenter Device Stat PalmPad PHStat Web Center TimedEvents RventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arange Help Exit Macro Formula Event Log Figure 4 2 11 Timed Event Button The Timed Event button is just a toggle button It will turn ALL FUTURE timed events either on or off By default the Timed Event toolbar button is ON 32 4 2 12 Event Log The Event Log report shows a complete history of events that have transpired within the PowerHome system Unlike the Event Log on the status screen this report is not updated in real time However it is not limited to just the last few events and instead shows everything
33. ave started 10 Minutes BEFORE the reference time The Reference Time column allows you to enter any date and time you wish to start the Timed event Change this value to today s date and the present time You can then look at the first column Start Time and see when this Timed Event will occur Shown in figure 3 81 the Reference Time is May 8 2007 at 12 01 and the start time is May 8 2007 at 12 11 when the Test Macro will be triggered Note that these 2 columns will reflect the day and time you entered and will be different from the above example You can double click within this column or right click for a pop up menu to bring up a calendar picker control In the example above at 12 11 pm on May 8 2007 the Test Macro will execute and turn on the TEST LIGHT wait 15 seconds and turn off the TEST LIGHT This will occur every hour at 11 minutes past the hour After you ve verified that your Timed Event is working you might want to delete it or change it so that your Test Light will not go on and off every hour There are many additional ways to turn on the light in PowerHome In addition to the four ways to turn on a light described above you can also use a PowerHome formula a trigger and make a button to turn the light on or off in the PowerHome Control Center These and several other methods are described fully in the PowerHome Users Manual The PowerHome User Manual will build upon the techniques you learned thro
34. cro to have the Control Center action automatically added as a line in the macro In addition to jumping to the quick macro player the Macros Menu also give you hotkey access to up to 48 of your favorite macros When you create a macro you have the opportunity to give that macro a shortcut key e g Ctrl F1 You can view your shortcut keys for the macros you ve created from the Macros 1 12 Macros 13 24 Macros 25 36 Macros 37 48 menu dropdown lists 4 1 5 Voice Menu PowerHome File Maintenance Control Macros Ji Reports Window Help 2 Fy v BEE nm e a m E D E Reinit Connect Explorer Multi Edit InsteonExp CtlCenter Device Stat PalmPad PHStat Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange Help Exit Macro Formula v Figure 4 1 5 Voice Menu Text to Speech TTS is a powerful feature of PowerHome You can have PowerHome announce the time weather telephone callers and that someone is at the door The TTS Setup menu allows you to set the default PowerHome voice as well as its pitch and speed 4 1 6 Reports Menu PowerHome currently has six different internal reports that can be viewed from this menu Additional Insteon related reports are available exclusively through the Insteon Explorer 23 The first report is the Event Log This report lists all the activity that has taken place in PowerHome and the time the activity occurred It is a great report for troubleshooting or just f
35. cros Voice Reports Window Help e FF EVO UMBRO a n manai Macro Formula v Run a Insteon Explorer 10 Pollinterval JV Status Scan IV LevelRampxX10Scan WhiteLevelRampixX10 JV LinkScan R Save PLC Settings 3 Max Failures PLC Group Cleanup Update on ACK I Allow Link Spidering IV ScrollLog J Tab Scrollbars Pending Operations Completed Operations Insteon SDM Log POLL STATUS Device MASTERBATH 00 10 01 A POLL STATUS Device KITCHEN 00 16 63 A 2007 06 20 18 08 57 434 RX RECEIVEINSTEONRAW 04 00 16 63 00 D3 41 25 214 POLL STATUS Device STAIRSCTLR2 01 11 5E POLL STATUS Device KITCHENFANLIGHT 00 18 1F 2007 06 20 18 08 57 464 RX P31 SRIR 04 00 16 63 00 D3 41 25 2B 00 POLL STATUS Device PANTRYCTRL1 01 10 4C y POLL STATUS Device MASTER 01 34 44 2007 06 20 18 08 57 484 RX EVENTRAW 03 lt gt lt gt lt gt v Setup Types Devices PLC Groups Links Manuat Linking KPL Contig Reports Ek mixser Current Device A Refresh WA Copy Paste QI Rebuild A Save A MASTER v JMASTER BEDROOM KPL pi SAAF paseo KeypadLinc Dimmer 600 watt JNSTEON Remove Reverify Controllers of Current Device A Sort Create e Description Group Button D Level D Ramp A Level A Ramp Resp Sort Ctir Link Status Resp Link Status Address Device Type AQUARIUM KITCHEN FAN VERIFIED VERIFIED 00 C7 DE 28765 Icon Relay AQUARIUM CFL KITCHENF ANLIGHT KITCHEN FAN LIGHT VERIFIED VERIFIED 00 18 1F 2476D SwitchLinc Dimmer 6
36. d edit a variety of supported PowerHome file formats including VBScript Jscript HTML CSS SQL and PowerHome Formulas For Example the SQL editor allows you to import macros and other exported PowerHome configurables you or others have written 4 2 5 Insteon Explorer The Insteon Explorer see Figure 3 6 1 allows you to configure all of your Insteon Devices in many different ways You can automatically or manually set up your Insteon devices as well as link them group them control them configure their links configure Keypad controls in various ways and download to the Elk M1 security controller From the Insteon Explorer you can watch in real time which commands are sent to and from your PowerLinc controller It also has a myriad of Insteon reports allowing you to troubleshoot Insteon communication issues The Insteon Explorer also allows you to download database information and setup information to your PowerLinc controller Note You cannot download macros or timers from PowerHome to the PowerLinc Controller PowerHome Eile Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help E a ee ee ee Se Reinit Connect Explorer Multi Edit CulCenter Device Stat PalmPad PHStat Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange Help Exit Macro Formula O Figure 4 2 5 Insteon Explorer 4 2 6 Control Center File Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help 7 E a 0 ri K e B o0 im
37. e front of each Insteon device Copy down the address from your Insteon Light Switch and type it into this column If you ve previously installed your Insteon Light Switch and didn t copy down it s address you can still get its address by using the Auto Discovery method discussed in the PowerHome Users Manual 6 Inthe Device Type column select your Insteon model number from the drop down list 7 Lastly type in the location of the Insteon Light Switch In this example Front Porch but you can type in any location 8 You can leave the rest of the columns at their defaults 9 Once you ve entered the information it s important to SAVE it in PowerHome s database Pressing the F5 key on any screen always saves what you ve entered on that screen and refreshes the displayed data It s a good idea to get into the habit of pressing the F5 after you ve made any entries or changes on any PowerHome screen That way you will be sure to have saved your entries You re Done You ve just set up PowerHome to turn on your first Insteon Light Switch To set up additional Insteon Devices either use the Auto Discovery method found in the PowerHome Users Manual or type in information about additional Insteon devices on the Insteon Device Detail screen To get a blank line on this screen to enter additional Insteon devices right click on a blank portion of the screen and highlight Insert Then left click on Insert A new blank line
38. e in 15 in the seventh column Fill in the other columns using the drop down menus as in Figure 3 7 2 18 4 Right click on a blank part of the screen and highlight and click on the Play command The Test Light should turn on and then turn off after 15 seconds 5 Make sure to save your new macro by pressing the F5 key 3 8 Or Turn On A Light Using A Timed Event Timed Events are actions that occur within PowerHome based solely upon date and time PowerHome provides a rich set of timed event controls allowing PowerHome to perform actions at sunrise sunset dawn dusk or a specific time You can further refine this by declaring the frequency of the event to be only weekdays weekends everyday or only a specific day of the week You can also have this reference time adjusted plus or minus by a specific or random amount The action taken by PowerHome at the time s you specify can be either through a macro or a formula In this example you ll run the Test Macro you created in section 3 7 above every hour 10 minutes after our reference time The result of this timed event will be that the Test Macro will run at 12 11 1 11 2 11 etc and continue running once an hour until we close PowerHome change the Timed Event or change the Test Macro B File Edit Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help Macro Formula v eet Timed Events S Devices Start Time Timing Freguency Offset ffset Amt Reference
39. eHoriz Layer Cascade Arange Help Macro Formula Lv Run Preferences antrolers gt C E E i i ae X 10 Settings gt IR Settings Logs Device Status Control Center Proxy i Be DimPercent 667 Controller ID MYX10 PowerLinc USB 1132U Settings cD Poll Interval T 10 Receive Commands ocket Server Web All All All F Preset Preset Extend Email Units Lights Lights Extend Hail Dim Dim Data Status Status Status ce Off On On Off Dim Bright Off Code Ack al 2 Xfer On Off Req LTIS ea e A a a a a A a A a A a A a A a NA a A hi J Devices Global Variables a Macros Figure 5 4 1 X 10 Controller 5 4 2 Setting Up Your X 10 Devices 1 Much like setting up an Insteon device see section 3 4 you setup an X 10 device by opening PowerHome gt Devices gt X 10 gt Units from the PowerHome Explorer and entering the appropriate information for each of your X 10 devices PowerHome PowerHome Explorer c program files powerhome database pwrhome db Fie Edt Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help S sy E 2 6 ot E ee Ojee oM ee os es a E 4 Reint Connect Esplorer Multi Edit InsteonExp CulCenter DevioeStat PslmPad PHStat Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tie TileHoriz Layer Cascade Arange Help Ent Back cro Formula v Run 3 PowerHome g rend Preferences ee Ng aapa Controllers BAS EMENT SENSOR BASEMENTSENSOR SENSOR bP MS13A Wireless Motion Sensor pees v BA
40. ecuting without deleting them as well as for debugging For now just be sure that this column is unchecked The Type field is the type of macro command you would like executed If you scroll through the dropdown you will see 43 different macro commands A full explanation of all 43 different macro commands can be found in the PowerHome Users Manual A partial list follows 1 IR Plays a previously learned IR command 2 X 10 Sends an X 10 command to an X 10 controller 3 Macro Play another macro 4 Launch App Launch another Windows application 5 Create Timed Event Create a timed event on the fly 6 Jump Jump to a different line within the macro 7 Delay Delay for a specified number of milliseconds 8 Wait Waits for a specified number of seconds 9 Insteon Sends an Insteon command to an Insteon controller The IR command allows you to play a previously learned IR command see IR Setup in section 5 5 below In the ID column you can select the equipment and in the Value column you can select the actual IR code to play The Send Keys TTS Dim Formula field hereafter referred to as the SKTTSDF field is not used for IR commands You can create powerful Home Theater macros using just the IR command By launching a single macro you could send the IR commands to turn on the TV the satellite receiver your amplifier adjust the volume and tune to a specific channel If you threw in a
41. es powerhome database pwrhome db PowerHome Setup Devices X 10 IR Digital WO Analog WO Insteon Description Action Type Disabled Trigger Type Trigger ID Trigger ID Number Y FIRST TRIGGER v TEST MACRO insteon Group In v uv CONTROLINC v T Figure 5 1 1 Test Trigger 5 2 More About Macros Macros like everything else in PowerHome are declared within the PowerHome Explorer under Macros in the navigation pane Right click in the detail pane and choose Insert from the popup menu Give the Macro a unique ID short but descriptive to save typing later and a description see figure 3 7 1 The Lis field controls whether the macro appears in the dropdown lists for playing Macros An example is the Quick Macro player just below the toolbar If you want this macro to appear in the list be sure that this field is checked This list is only updated when PowerHome is started or reinitialized The Grammar field controls whether the macro is used in the Voice recognition grammar for Macros Voice Recognition is discussed in more detail in the PowerHome User Manual so you can leave this field unchecked for now and change it later The only other field you may wish to change is the Menu Shortcut field If you navigate PowerHome s top menu Macros you ll find submenus Macros 1 12 Macros 13 24 Macros 25 36 and Macros 37 48 You can make up to
42. ey ll be referred to generically as an Insteon Light Switch Open the PowerHome Explorer and using the tree view navigate to PowerHome gt Devices gt Insteon gt Units figure 3 4 1 Using this screen you can manually enter the information about your Insteon Light Switch Alternatively PowerHome has the ability to remotely sense your Insteon Light Switch and enter most of the necessary information for you Auto Discovery of each Insteon device is a great feature of PowerHome and is discussed fully in the PowerHome Users Manual For purposes of this example you ll enter the information about your Insteon Light Switch manually PowerHome File Edit Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help eiF wo TT B t 2 a m 5 A a H F Reinit Connect t Explorer Mlulti Edit Insteon Exp Ctri Center Device Stat Palm Pad PHStat Web Center Timed Events Event Log Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange Help Exit au o R n a Back F2 Forward F3 Up F4 Refresh F5 Popup F6 Database Fi Indo Ctrisz Redo Ctrl Indo All FIC x Run PowerHome Explorer c program files powerhome database pwrhome db erHor TT Insteon Devices Detail Macro Formula PowerHome Setul T EN D Description Active Address Device Type Controller Locat H X10 POVVERL IN POVVERLINC CONTROLLER 10 03 41 24141 1 24145 PowerLine Controller v MY INSTEON CONTROL v IR d Outside Light E4
43. f languages You can use the internal macro and formula scripting or any language supported by Windows Script such as VBScript and JScript Internal web server for remote control and monitoring Supports user defined dynamic content via PSP PowerHome Server Pages Also support for custom web pages via plugins Voice recognition Text to speech User definable remote layouts allow for virtually any keystroke combination Touch screen friendly interface Customizable display allows you to show floor plan layouts and place controls over actual photos X 10 control via CM11A CM17A firecracker MR26A Mouse Remote CPU XA Ocelot W800 W800RF32 PowerLinc RS 232 and Elk M1 Gold Infrared control via CIR Multi CIR RedRat2 RedRat3 CPU XA Ocelot Slink e USB UIRT Global Cache Also supports multi zone IR Digital Input Output and Analog Input Output control with the CPU XA Ocelot with additional Adicon modules Elk M1 Gold Velleman K8000 Insteon SimpleHomeNet devices Unlimited number of controllers supported CD jukebox player control with playlists and auto programming CD database with freedb support Video database Macros Triggers Timed events Full event and web logging Multi X control allows a sequence of X 10 commands for control access 256 macros from your palm pad by pressing 2 buttons 64 macros from your keychain remote by pressing 3 buttons Sunrise sunset and civil twilight calculations Socket Server for remote cont
44. few Insteon or X 10 commands then you could turn on and dim some lights for the perfect lighting mood 2 The X 10 commands send X 10 commands to an X 10 controller you have previously configured PowerHome to use This includes Insteon controllers which also send and receive X 10 commands To make maximum use of the X 10 command it helps to understand exactly how X 10 commands work The discussion that follows may seem a little technical and may be more than you bargained for in a QuickStart Manual but if you take it slow it s really not that difficult and will make your experience with PowerHome much more enriching Here goes Most people think of X 10 commands consisting of actions such as Turn a light on Turn a light off Dim a light and Brighten a light They also think of these actions as a single command In actuality they each consist of two separate X 10 commands The first X 10 command is called an address This command talks to a specific Housecode Unitcode and tells it that a function command will be coming The second command is the function command and tells any addressed units to perform the specified function The format of a standard X 10 command is Housecode Unitcode or Housecode Function So when we want to turn a light on with an X 10 ID of A1 you first send an address command A 1 followed by a function command A On PowerHome s X 10 communication mimics the actual X 10 commands After
45. group 1 If it is it will look up the group level and group ramprate associated with the SwitchLinc s address and group 1 and will turn on to that level using the ramprate A similar thing happens when the SwitchLinc is switched off or dimmed or brightened locally at the switch As part of the Insteon standard after the group command is sent not acknowledged the controller will then scan it s internal database and will send a direct group cleanup command acknowledged to each device that is a member of its group to insure that the group command is carried out It s important to remember that when a device is added to a group this process is 48 called linking not only is a record created in the database of the controlled device but also a record is created in the database of the controlling device This way the controlled device knows who is controlling it and the controlling device knows who it is controlling The process of creating groups is called linking Each Insteon device has its own database of devices it controls and devices that control it This data is stored in EEPROM and is remembered even in the event of power failure A standard use of linking is during the setup of 3 or multi way switches Unlike X 10 where a 3 way lighting circuit had a master controller and then a cheap dummy slave switch that is electrically linked to the master Insteon accomplishes 3 and multi way circuits virtually Essentially a single Inste
46. h as the CPU XA Ocelot and Multi CIR support more than one IR zone Most people will only have a single zone If you have more than one zone and would like to set the IR equipment to a zone other than 1 refer to the notes for your controller in the User Manual Appendices for properly setting this value 43 5 Leave the Learn Freq at 38 Most IR controllers do not use this value If you have a CPU XA Ocelot then the default value of 38 is a good starting point The next step in defining your IR equipment is to give details on the individual IR commands to PowerHome To get to the IR Equipment Details screen left click the small button in the first column next to the IR Equipment ID you ve just created PowerHome File Edit Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help E Reinit Connect Explorer 2 B ri Kh e B on F Multi Edit InsteonEsp CtlCenter Device Stat PalmPad PHStat Web Center TimedEvents Event Log Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cas Macro Formula PowerHome Setup Preferences Controllers Plugins X 10 Settings IR Settings Logs Device Status Control Center Proxy Script Sun cD freedb Socket Server Web Email VR TS Devices w X 10 B IR v Ren PowerHome Explorer c program files powerhome database pwrhome db IIR Equipment Details ID SPEAKER SELECTED Controller USBUIRT Manufacturer HACS IR Zone 1 Model ABSSS Learn Freq 38 Total Key
47. hrough two way communication between the devices and automatically retried in the event of communication failure The second type of message is a group message Group messages are not acknowledged and are a broadcast command In other words the message is not sent to a single device The message originates with a single device and is broadcast to any device within range When an Insteon device controls another Insteon device this is accomplished through group commands A standard SwitchLinc dimmer has a single on off paddle As such a SwitchLinc dimmer is capable of controlling a single group of devices Multiple devices may be contained within a single group When a SwitchLinc dimmer is turned on locally by pressing the On paddle the dimmer turns itself on to the local level using the local ramprate It also sends out a group command if it has been linked to any other Insteon devices This group command will be for group 1 of the SwitchLinc s address Any device linked to the SwitchLinc will turn on at the group level and group ramprate Without getting overly complicated and technical in addition to the local level and local ramprate each device has a group level and group ramprate for each group device combination that it belongs to When the group broadcast command from the SwitchLinc is received by another Insteon device that device will check its internal database and see wheither or not it is a member of the SwitchLinc s
48. ill Enable Remote Control A Remote Control Timeout un CD freedb Socket Server Web Email YR TTS Devices Global Variables m Maeras Controller Type Active USB Uirt v Controller ID USBUIRT USB UIRT Settings Enable Multi Zone Fi Default Signal Repeat Figure 5 5 1 IR Controller Settings 5 5 2 Setting Up Your IR Devices If you have already set up an Insteon or X 10 device you are familiar with the first part of a two step process to set up an IR device 1 Open PowerHome gt DevicessIR from the PowerHome Explorer and enter the appropriate information for one IR device for example your tv or home theater receiver Right click and select Insert to create a new row in IR Equipment screen see Figure 5 5 2 42 File Edit Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help z E 2 0 bea fi E e B oo m Reinit Connect Explorer Multi Edit InsteonExp CtlCenter Device Stat PalmPad PHStat Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Ca Macro Formula v Run i PowerHome Explorer c program files powerhome database pwrhome db PowerHome a ae IR Equipment Preferences Manufacturer Model Total Keys Controllers O BASEMENT RECEIVER SONY v OLD asec Plugins O MCE MICROSOFT v UIRT CONTROL v a S0 USBUIRT X 10 Settings O EPEAKER SELECTED HACS v ABsss v 22JUSBUIRT E i rests ose E HUSEURT Logs O x
49. is to learn the IR codes from your equipment s remote All of PowerHome s supported IR controllers store the raw code in the Code field except for the CPU XA Ocelot This controller 44 stores the actual commands within the controller itself Detailed instruction to properly set up the CPU XA Ocelot with PowerHome can be found in the PowerHome Users Manual To learn your IR commands right click on a single line and select Record from the popup menu Follow the instructions onscreen and PowerHome will learn the IR code for that one line This is useful if you have to adjust an IR command that was not learned properly or you ve just added an extra key If you have just setup the IR equipment and need to learn all the IR commands choose the Auto Learn option from the popup menu This will prompt you to learn all of the IR commands sequentially and quickly Once you ve learned your IR commands save your settings by pressing the Refresh key F5 You may then right click an individual command and select Play from the popup menu Verify that the IR equipment is properly controlled 45 5 7 The Control Center The Control Center is a simple yet sophisticated graphical user interface for controlling PowerHome The screens you create in the Control Center s Design View can be viewed from a PC touch screen mobile phone PDA or on the web From the examples in the beginning of this QuickStart Guide
50. ith Insteon and X 10 commands For the purposes of this example you ll have the trigger fire and the macro run when PowerHome receives an Insteon ON signal from an Insteon ControLinc If you don t have an Insteon ControLinc substitute another device instead Using the dropdown box enter Insteon Group In 6 The Trigger ID field is a dropdown box which list all of your devices Highlight the name of your ControLinc or other Insteon device if you don t have a ControLinc 7 The Trigger ID Number is another dropdown box which allows you to enter the button number or the group number of the Insteon device that is going to trigger the event In this example you want button number 1 on the ControLinc to trigger the macro Highlight 8 The Trigger Value lets you indicate whether you want the Trigger to execute when you press the ControLinc button 1 On or Off A Fast On Fast Off is a quick double tap of the button The other options are self explanatory Enter ON 34 9 The Boolean field is for advanced users Leave it at its default value of 1 Press F5 to save and you re finished Press the first button of your ControLinc ON and the macro will run turning your Test Light On waiting 15 seconds and then turning OFF the Test Light PowerHome File Edit Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help F Eyo OMAZRO al a mana e HHO KO D Macro Formula r lt PowerHome Explorer c program fil
51. o This opens the macro detail screen PowerHome Fle Edit Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help 2 PH Z a A 2 a O 2 m d m Reinit Connect Explorer Multi Edit InsteonEsp CtrllCenter Device Stat PalmPad PHSta Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange Help Macro Formula v Run ra gt PowerHome Explorer c program files powerhome database phsample db PowerHome Setup Global Variables a Playlists Video User Figure 3 7 1 Macro Screen Powerhome Explorer c program B Fie Edt Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports window Help em s Eee a mse EN ING Te a ee ae ee Reinit Connect Explorer Multi Edit InsteonExp CtrlCenter DeviceStat PalmPad PHStat WebCenter TimedEvent EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arange Help Exit Macro 4 Formula Run PowerHome Setup Devices Global Variables S Macros TEST MACRO Formulas Control Center Timed Event Formulas Timed Events Triggers Voice Discs Figure 3 7 2 Macro Detail Screen The TEST MACRO will contain 3 lines 1 You ll initially only see line 10 on your screen Use the drop down menus to complete line 10 as in Figure 3 7 2 2 Right click on a blank part of the screen and click on insert to create another blank line 3 The second line is a Wait command which pauses the execution of the macro for the time period in seconds Typ
52. omtab key_x key_y key_width key_height key_code key_flag key_text key_bkarnd menu_shortcut key_border VALUES 7 2 7 2 2 7 2 Cancel The reason this window appears is because you ve tried to save data to the database and have left a required field blank There s a lot of confusing information in this screen but if you just concentrate on the second paragraph it tells you what is wrong In this particular instance it says Column key_desc in table macroheader cannot be NULL What we ve done is left the description field blank in the Macros screen At this point you can select Cancel and attempt to fix the error or select OK and you ll lose any changes that you were attempting to make You may have more than one row in error so if you get this message again after fixing a problem read the second paragraph and correct it as well Eventually you ll get to save 51
53. on sunrise sunset dawn and dusk You may want to turn on your outside lights 15 minutes before sunset and turn them off several hours before dawn To calculate the correct times to perform these actions PowerHome has to know where you are located From the PowerHome Explorer screen go to PowerHome gt Setup gt Sun On this screen you can set your location for the sunrise sunset dawn and dusk functions You can select your state and city or enter your latitude and longitude directly If you select your state and city from the dropdowns the latitude longitude and hours past GMT Greenwich Mean Time will be automatically populated for you You should also select whether you observe daylight savings time at your location 38 PowerHome PowerHome Explorer c program files powerhome database pwrhome db B File Edit Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help pi Reinit Connect Explorer Aacro Formula PowerHome Setup Preferences Controllers Plugins X 10 Settings IR Settings Logs Device Status Control Center Proxy a freedb Socket Server A 0 ri E h2 2 g B oo D Multi Edit InsteonEsp CtlCenter Device Stat Palm Pad PHStat Web Center TimedEvents Event Log Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange v Run Setup Sun State New York v Latitude 40 78 f Longitude 73 1 City ISP Islip v Hours Past GMT 5 Observe Daylight Savings Time Figure 5 3 Sun Setup 5 4 How
54. on switch the master is electrically connected to the light being controlled with any slave type switches being removed from the circuit with simple wiring changes The slave switch is then wired into the house wiring but with no load light connected and without a direct connection to the master The slave switch is then linked to the master with an Insteon group When the slave switch is turned on a group command is sent to the master and the master switch then turns on At this point it is not required to do any more in order for the 3 way circuit to work However if you want the LED indicator light on the slave switch to reflect the status of the light when the light is switched using the master you must cross link the slave to the master Basically what is done is that the slave is linked to the master such that the slave controls the master this is necessary just to get the 3 way switch to work and additionally the master is cross linked to the slave so that the master controls the slave Even though the slave is not electrically tied to the light it will still receive an on command when the master is switched on and its status LED will reflect that the master is on An important point to remember is that if an Insteon device does not control any other devices no links exist in its database as a controller when the device is switched locally no Insteon message is generated from the switch What this means is that the PLC and
55. or seeing what PowerHome is doing The second report Dises querys the information entered into PowerHome s CD database The third report Database Where Used is for advanced users It allows you to search for any text string within the database by just typing the text For example to search for all occurrences of TEST just type TEST and search This will match any field that exactly matches TEST The Insteon menu item opens to list 3 helpful Insteon reports PowerHome File Maintenance Control Macros Voice iGol Window Help z E A Event Log 3 e a o0 im TE T Reinit Connect Explorer Multi Edit Insteon Discs PHStat Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange Help Exit Macro Formula Database Where Used Devices not Group Controller Devices without Links Device Link Records Figure 4 1 6 Reports Menu 4 1 7 Window Menu gt PowerHome Eile Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports EWEeona Help A E a a Tie K amp B on m a EE 2 T Reinit Connect Explorer Multi Edit InsteonEsp CtlCen Tile Horizontal PHSta Web Center Timed Events EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arange Help Esi Macro Formula Lv Layer Cascade Arrange Icons v Toolbar Figure 4 1 7 Window Menu The Window menu is the typical Window s software menu which allows you to change the appearance of PowerHome when various PowerHome screens are opened It also allows yo
56. otes in the edit window and press enter This should force the DM to locate your PLC Give it a few seconds and you should see PLC port true in the log window However if it still cannot locate your PLC you may get a PLC 12 port false message Whatever message you get type getport in the edit window and press enter In the log window you should see what port the DM is currently looking at If you have a USB PLC then the port should be USB4 If your PLC is serial then you should see COM followed by the number of the COM port the PLC is on If the port returned by getport is not correct for your setup then type port USB4 if your PLC is USB and port COM1 if your PLC is serial and connected to COM1 Adjust the COM port number for your situation You can verify the port was set using the getport command Once the DM finally recognizes your PLC it will store the settings in the registry and will be remembered unless you change the port Once everything is communicating you can minimize the DM 3 4 Let PowerHome Know You Have An Insteon Light Switch After telling PowerHome that you have an Insteon Controller connected to your PC section 3 3 you have to let PowerHome know that you have an Insteon switch e g a Lamplinc Appliancelinc Socketlinc Keypadlinc etc which you would like to control through PowerHome As the various types of Insteon switches work similarly for purposes of the examples in this Quick Start guide th
57. rHome has been running how long Windows has been running and when the next Timed Event is to be executed You also have access to when sunrise sunset dusk and dawn for your location will occur You ll also be able to see what is going on in three of PowerHome s internal queues Things happen very quickly in PowerHome so it may appear that the queues are always empty You should really only see things stack up in the queue when PowerHome is waiting for some process to finish One of the most useful windows on the PowerHome Status screen is the Event Log This window shows you in real time events in PowerHome as they occur This is an extremely handy window when attempting to troubleshoot PowerHome You can launch the PowerHome Status screen with the hotkey combination Alt F8 Each of the individual windows may be resized and moved about to create the appearance you find most pleasing These changes are not automatically saved however and must be saved by right clicking and selecting Save from the popup menu Once your settings have been saved they will be reloaded automatically the next time the window is opened You can also control how many real time eventlog rows appear at a time by manually adjusting the eventlogrows parameter in the pwrhome ini file under the PowerHome Status section of that file 30 i PowerHome E a x File Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help 7 E A Bi fi 2 e B oo im HE
58. rer require Reinitialize or Restart to take effect z A 0 i ri K e a o0 ki te 2 Ms Reinit Connect Explorer Multi Edit InsteonExp CtlCenter Device Stat PalmPad PHStat Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange Help Exit Macro Formula v Run Reinitialize PowerHome is reinitializing Please Wait Figure 4 2 1 PowerHome Reinitalizing 4 2 2 Connect The Connect toolbar button connects or disconnects PowerHome from the Powerlinc Controller and all currently loaded controllers This is helpful in troubleshooting connectivity issues with the PC and any controller 26 E PowerHome Macros Voice Reports Window Help File Maintenance D Reinit Macro Formula Control Explorer e Multi Edit InsteonExp CtlCenter Device Stat Palm Pad v Ren i 2 Q e B o0 mi i HE T PHStat Web Center TimedEvents Event Log Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange Help Exit 4 2 3 Figure 4 2 2 Connect Toolbar Button PowerHome Explorer Most of the configuration and maintenance within PowerHome is accomplished via the PowerHome Explorer The PowerHome Explorer is a two paned window similar in functionality and appearance to Windows Explorer On the left is a tree view navigation panel that shows a hierarchical view of the configurable items within PowerHome The right hand pane shows the details of the currently selected item Typically you
59. right or press F7 This will bring up a dialog box that will allow you to select the sample database You can always see what database the current Explorer window is connected to in the Title of the Explorer window Once connected to the sample database you may view its macros triggers etc and even export samples that can then be imported into your actual database Sample Code is also available on the PowerHome Forums at http www power home com forum default asp 47 Appendix A An Insteon Primer A 1 Insteon Background To fully realize the features and possibilities of Insteon it helps to understand a little about how it works Unlike X 10 each Insteon device comes preconfigured from the factory with a unique address With X 10 you could individually address each device by choosing a housecode from A to P 16 possible choices and a unitcode from 1 to 16 This gave you a maximum of 256 possible unique devices With Insteon each device is preconfigured with a 3 byte address yielding a possible 16777216 combinations This 3 byte address is represented in hexadecimal format the decimal numbers 0 thru 9 and the letters A thru F You will typically see an Insteon address such as 01 2A 4C Each two hexadecimal digits represent a single byte with each byte representation separated by a period All Insteon devices will have a label showing what their unique address is Dimmable Insteon devices will have an output level ranging from
60. rol of PowerHome from other applications and machines Windows Messaging Interface for additional remote control capabilities Windows Script Host Interface Built in WAP server for remote control via an internet enabled cell phone Full DI DO and Al AO support for the Velleman K8000 controller Generic plugin capability and SDK Create your own ActiveX plugins to extend and enhance PowerHome functionality All plugins run in their own thread for maximum performance and reliability PowerHome can run as a service UDP Broadcast Server Third party programs and applications are capable of monitoring PowerHome internals and reacting appropriately Technical Overview Written in Sybase PowerBuilder version 9 0 2 All code and data maintained in Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere Database system Custom DLL s written in Microsoft Visual C and assembly Voice recognition licensed from Microsoft SAPI 4 0a Text to Speech licensed from Microsoft SAPI 4 0a and SAPI 5 Remote Access Server Dialup control licensed from SocketWrench 1 3 System Reguirements Windows 95 98 Windows NT 2000 XP CIR device requires Windows 95 98 486 with 16 megs of RAM Pentium with 32 megs of RAM recommended minimum for voice recognition Certain operating systems may have operating requirements beyond the above minimums Unused serial port s CM11A interface CM17A firecracker MR26A Mouse remote RedRat2 CPU XA Ocelot Slink e W800 W800RF32 PowerLinc RS 232 USB UIRT
61. rs have implemented many additional uses for PowerHome An active PowerHome user forum where PowerHome users share ideas can be found at http www power home com forum default asp The first thing most new PowerHome users want to know is how to turn on a light This part of the QuickStart guide will take you through the basic steps to turn an Insteon light switch on and off The rest of the QuickStart guide will take you on a brief tour of some of PowerHome s features Additional instructions and features can be found in the PowerHome Users Manual 3 2 Checklist For Turning On An Insteon Light v Install PowerHome see section 2 above Let PowerHome know you have an Insteon PowerLinc Controller see section 3 3 Let PowerHome know you have an Insteon light switch see section 3 4 Turn on the light using the Device Status Screen see section 3 5 Or Turn on the light using the Insteon Explorer Screen see section 3 6 Or Turn on the light using a macro see section 3 7 Or Turn on the light using a timed event see section 3 8 3 3 Let PowerHome Know You Have An Insteon PowerLinc Controller PowerHome interfaces with your home through a variety of hardware controllers connected to your PC The various controllers supported by PowerHome are capable of sending and receiving Insteon and X 10 signals powerline and RF IR infrared signals digital inputs outputs and analog inputs outputs
62. s 22 Key Description Incoming Code Outgoing Code 2006 ON 087511 14F0 ePronio0000 0060 0022 0002 0157 OOAD 0015 0016 0016 b 14308151 114F0 lt Pronto gt 0000 006D 0022 0002 0158 OOAC 0016 0016 0016 AMP A RECYR 170000870FC0 lt Pronto gt 0000 006D 0022 0002 0158 OOAC 0016 0016 0016 LIB OFF 170000870F CO lt Pronto 0000 006E 0022 0002 0157 OOAB 0016 0016 0015 SAT JENISE GR OFF 170000870FCO Pronto 0000 006D 0022 0002 0158 00AC 0016 0016 0016 MCE SPEAKER SELECTH OFF 1 70000870F CO lt Pronto gt 0000 006E 0022 0002 0157 OOAB 0016 0015 0016 TEST Digital YO Analog YO BASEMENT OFF 170000870F CO lt Pronto gt 0000 006E 0022 0002 0157 OOAB 0016 0016 0015 170 v OFF 1 70000870F CO lt Pronto gt 0000 006E 0022 0002 0156 00A5 0016 0016 0015 180 b OFF 170000870F CO lt Pronto gt 0000 006E 0022 0002 0156 OOAB 0016 0016 0015 wv lt gt Figure 5 5 3 IR Equipment Details In the IR Equipment Details screen you should see a row for each key you declared in the Total Keys field The Keys will be numbered starting at 10 with each line incrementing by 10 This is done to make rearranging rows a little easier When the rows are actually saved to the database their Key will be divided by 10 Enter a description for each IR command you would like to learn The only other field to be concerned with at this time is the Code field After entering descriptions for each IR command the next step
63. u can also control them through the virtual Palm Pad screen 5 5 How Do I Setup My IR Stuff PowerHome supports many different IR controllers including CIR Multi CIR RedRat2 RedRat3 CPU XA Ocelot Slink e USB UIRT and Global Cache PowerHome also supports multiple IR zones 5 5 1 Setting Up Your IR Controller Just as you have previously let PowerHome know about your Insteon controller and your X 10 controller you must let PowerHome know that you have an IR controller connected to PowerHome through your PC 1 Goto PowerHome gt Setup gt Conirollers and enter an ID name of your choosing and the controller type In Figure 5 5 1 note that a USB UIRT IR controller has been entered 2 Click Settings and make sure Enable Remote Control is checked see Figure 5 5 1 This particular field is unique to the USB Uirt and allows the USB Uirt to respond to incoming IR commands instead of just sending them You can leave the rest of the settings at their defaults 41 ile Edit ance Control Macros Yoice Reports Window Help a a id ri z K 6 32 B oo mm Ta te Reinit Connect Explorer Multi Edit InsteonExp CtrlCenter Device Stat PalmPad PHStat Web Center Timed Events EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange facro Formula v PowerHome Setup Preferences Controllers Plugins X 10 Settings IR Settings Logs Device Status lad Center Save Signal Type Pronto Record Timeout roxy S
64. u to delete the toolbar from the screen 4 1 8 Help Menu PowerHome Eile Maintenance Control Macros Yoice Reports Window fals 2 z e ka t Contents Alt F 12 00 Hi 3 uG Reinit Connect Explorer Multi Edit InsteonExp CtrlCenter Device St og Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange Help Exit Ka PowerHome Homepage Macro Formula y Run PowerHome Discussion Forum Email Support About Figure 4 1 8 Help Menu 24 One of the most important screens in PowerHome the Help menu allows you to access the on screen help functions of Powerhome the PowerHome Homepage on the web the PowerHome Discussion Forum on the web and Email PowerHome Support By clicking About a screen pops up indicating the version number of PowerHome and the database as well as your registration number and other useful information 25 4 2 Toolbar The Toolbar is an easy way to access many of the features of PowerHome with one click of the mouse You may click and drag the toolbar to any of the four sides of the screen as well as have a floating toolbar You can also set the toolbar to use large or small buttons 4 2 1 Reinitialize Pressing the Reinitalize button on the toolbar allows you to restart PowerHome without closing PowerHome and then reopening it Certain changes within the PowerHome Explorer require PowerHome to be either reinitialized or restarted All changes to the Setup section of the PowerHome Explo
65. ugh the examples you ve created above 20 A Brief Tour Menus and Toolbars 4 1 Menus Like many Windows software PowerHome uses extensive menus and toolbars To make things easier for the user there are usually at least two different ways for you to access the function you want to perform in PowerHome A brief look at each menu and toolbar item follows 4 1 1 File Menu gt PowerHome JM Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help Print Setup 22 0 haa fi EA e 6 B oo 5 HE 4 Q Multi Edit InsteonExp CtlCenter Device Stat PalmPad PHStat Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange Help E z Screen Print Reinitialize Controller Connected Exit Figure 4 1 1 File Menu The PowerHome File Menu has the usual Windows printer menu items In addition it indicates by way of a check mark whether a controller is connected to your PC and working with PowerHome It also allows you to Reinitialize PowerHome for troubleshooting purposes or Exit PowerHome completely 4 1 2 Maintenance Menu PowerHome File iEsicueige Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help PowerHome Explorer 6 ji ri ral e amp a o0 EH 2 y H PowerHome Multi Editor jit InsteonExp CulCenter DeviceStat PalmPad PHStat Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tie TieHorz Layer Cascade Arange Help Exit Maci Insteon Explorer a Mi Custom Colors Dropdown Sort Window Spy Figure 4
66. will navigate using the left hand pane and make edits and changes in the right hand pane Navigation to children items in the right hand pane can be accomplished by pressing the small button to the far left in each row see section 3 3 1 PowerHome PowerHome Explorer c program files powerhome database pwrhome db B Fie Edit Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help gt Reinit Connect Macro Formula PowerHome Setup Devices Global Variables Macros Formulas Control Center Timed Event Formulas Timed Events Triggers Voice Discs Slots Playlists Video User D E D lt 3 amp amp z a Multi Edit InsteonExp CtrlCenter Device Stat PalmPad 0 Ea etup evices lobal Variables ormulas ontrol Center imed Event Formulas riggers laylists fi 2 e B o0 m g HF 2 Ms PHStat Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange Help Exit Figure 4 2 3 PowerHome Explorer Toolbar Button 27 4 2 4 Multi Edit Eile Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help z E o ri 2 2 amp B oo HE T Reinit Connect Explorer InsteonExp CtlCenter Device Stat PalmPad PHStat Web Center TimedEvents EventLog Tile Tile Horiz Layer Cascade Arrange Help Exit Macro Formula The Multi Edit button is for advanced users Pressing the Multi Edit toolbar button brings up a mini editor that allows the user to type in an
67. wrhome ini files from your old PowerHome installation to the new PowerHome directory structures Overwrite the newly installed files with your old ones You may also copy over any other files you ve created that are nota part of the PowerHome install such as PSP files Windows Script Host scripts and graphics 4 Runthe PHUPG EXE PowerHome Database Upgrade Utility This will upgrade your database to version 1 03 9 5 as well as upgrade your pwrhome ini file with the latest required changes 5 Thats it You should now be able to launch and run version 1 03 4 11 of PowerHome 6 Make note of specific changes to functions and deleted functions These differences are noted in the What s New section of the readme rttf file Upgrading to version 1 03 4 11 from versions prior to 1 03 4 7 First upgrade to version 1 03 4 7 After successfully upgrading to version 1 03 4 7 follow the instructions above to upgrade to 1 03 4 11 or visit the PowerHome website at http www power home com The instructions can also be found in the readme rtt file 2 2 Starting PowerHome the First Time When starting PowerHome for the first time you will be asked to enter a registration name This name must be between 5 and 50 characters and will be used to generate your registration number This registration number can be found under the menu Help gt About After the registration name has been entered PowerHome will be running 2 3 A Brief Message for Beginners
68. y Script Sun CD freedb Socket Server Web Email VR TS Devices Global Variables a Marrns Figure 3 3 2 Setting Up A Controller Once PowerHome is restarted reinitialized the SmartHome Insteon Device Manager SDM should automatically load The SmartHome Insteon Device Manager is not part of PowerHome but is a software program written by SmartHome that is installed along with PowerHome and must load on your PC for the Insteon PowerLinc Controller to work PowerHome knows this and automatically loads the SDM every time PowerHome loads Once you reload PowerHome you should see a new icon in the System Tray the list of icons on the far right of the Start toolbar The SDM should automatically detect the type of PowerLinc Controller PLC and what port it is connected to but sometimes it fails to do so If the Device Manager is unable to sense your PLC PowerHome will respond with the message The XXX PLC is not responding Commands will not be sent where XXX is the ID you assigned to your Insteon PowerLinc controller PLC If you should get this message follow the instructions below otherwise skip to the next section Open the SmartHome Device Manager by double clicking it s icon in the System Tray You should see the SmartHome Device Manager window open Left click anywhere in the big log window and then type the letters D M A single line edit window should open towards the bottom of the screen Type port without the qu
69. you ve seen many ways to control various devices using PowerHome The Control Center is yet another way With its buttons and graphics you can design a group of user friendly screens to control PowerHome While you can use PowerHome without ever using the Control Center you ll quickly find that the Control Center adds great value by allowing you and others in your home to easily and quickly control the automation devices in your home A complete description of the Control Center can be found in the PowerHome Users Manual An example of a simple Control Center screen and a sophisticated Control Center screen can be found below PowerHome File Maintenance Control Macros Voice Reports Window Help 2 F Evo NZQA a a MSO PE Macro Formula M Control Center GRAPHIC MY HOUSE INSTEON LONG SELECT Shit S UP U p Arrow RIGHT Right Arrow CHDOWN Dash Figure 5 7 1 Simple Control Center Example 46 Sprinkle 60666060 0666606 0666606 Figure 5 7 2 Sophisticated Control Center Example 5 8 Where can find some sample code PowerHome is distributed with a sample database file called phsample db It is installed in the database directory which would be C Program Files PowerHome Database if you installed PowerHome in the default directory You can view this database file using the PowerHome Explorer Open the Explorer and press the second to last toolbar button on the far
70. you select an X 10 command select the housecode A thru P for standard X 10 commands in the ID field Next select a unitcode 1 thru 16 if this is an address command or an X 10 function if this is a function command Remember to do 36 something simple such as turn a light on or off will require two X 10 commands on two separate macro lines First an address command followed by a function command If you chose a Dim or Bright command you can type a value dim bright percentage in the SKTTSDF field This percentage should be in the range of 0 to 100 and is the amount to adjust the light from its current level In other words if a light is currently at level 80 and you have a dim value of 50 the light will dim 50 bringing its current dim level to 30 The Macro command is easy Simply select the ID of another macro you would like to play from the dropdown box In the Value field select whether to play the macro immediately the current macro is put on hold and the new macro played When the new macro is done the current macro is resumed at the next line or Post the macro the new macro will be played after the current macro is completed With the Launch App command you can have PowerHome startup another windows program In the SKTTSDF field type the full path and filename of the program you would like to launch The full path should be enclosed in either single or double quotes The Create Timed

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