after roughly 11 years as an Insteon user, I'm evaluating Indigo on a trial license, and so far I am impressed with the capabilities, but I am having a hard time with my transition from Insteon HUB. I factory reset 3 switches at my house, so I could add them to Indigo, and I was able to do that successfully. I read most of the guides on the support page but I'm having difficulty accomplishing the following (very basic) task:
1. On the Insteon Hub/app, it was possible to select a Keypad Linc (KPL) as both a controller and responder. Then, it was possible to do something like programming a keypad button (say button A) to run a very basic scene that would simply dim the load connected to the KPL to a preset level. This would work without the HUB having to be online, i.e. it was locally stored on the KPL. This functionality is what has allowed me to get by after the Insteon server shut down, since all my programmed scenes already existed on my KPLs, however, I am having a hard time replicating that on Indigo.
2. I created a trigger on indigo, using the "Insteon Command Received" type, assigning it to the A button (button 3), and a "send scene" action to dim the light. I have tested the scene by itself (using "Execute Actions Only") and it works as expected. However, after I sync device links, I am still unable to get the KPL button to work to trigger the scene.
3. At some point in my experimenting, I changed the trigger type to "Device State Changed", and I tied it to the "Keypad Button LED 3" state. That eventually worked, but there was a really long lag for the scene to be executed after pushing the button. That definitely wasn't consistent with my previous experience using the Insteon App. Now, I've tried to revert back to that, and it isn't working.
I am at a loss understanding what is happening here, I've never had this degree of difficulty making simple programming of a keypad button with the Insteon app, so I am assuming there must be something about the Indigo operating model that I am not fully grasping. I did notice that, if I go to "manage device links" and select the KPL, there is a "controller" entry for the PowerLinc (which I would expect), and no "link to responder" (which I would expect since the KPL is a responder in at least one scene). If I try to manually add it, then the KLPL is not listed as an option under "On controller", I only get the two other devices plus an "Unknown Device" entry. Coming from Insteon HUB, I would expect the KPL to appear as a valid option on both since it can act as a controller and as a responder. I also would've expected an easy way to inspect what scene has been assigned to buttons 3-6. I imagine I am missing something, so I would appreciate any advice from the group. I do not want to reset all my house switches to add them to Indigo, only to find out I can't even replicate basic functionality. Any suggestions? Please keep in mind, I am trying to accomplish two goals:
1. Program the Insteon KPL buttons to run scenes that do not require the Indigo server to be up
2. Leverage the Indigo server for some advanced automations
Thank you all in advance!