So for some reason, I' had a rash of strange things happen with Indigo. Usually, very dependable, it seems to be getting somewhat erratic. At first I thought I might have a bad Insteon KPL... the green light/line at the bottom of the main page where traffic is displayed is sometimes solid green, even tho the event log says nothing is happening. When that happens, I can't disable either the Z-Wave stick or the modem used for Insteon. I usually have to re-start the computer.
Something is wrong, but the system is so complex I'm not even sure where to start to trouble shoot, as the "strange things" don't seem to have much in common. I did just get a new router, and have always used the default ports for Indigo, and those ports are open to the public, but I'm assuming they'd have to know my password to actually do anything. I'm going to change those ports and the password first and see if that helps. But I'm honestly at a loss to even explain some of the events I've seen.
For instance, today, I turned on some lights in the garage, which turns on a button on a KPL inside. Not sure if that button went on, but another button on the same KPL turns on the alarm, and that's exactly what happened. The alarm was activated by a different button on the same KPL that has the button for the lights in the garage. I've turned those lights on and off many times, and Indigo always responds correctly. Even after I tracked down what happened from the event log, repeating the same exact steps didn't arm the alarm.
As I was going to bed, the lights in the Hue Lights in the living room came on, and I found out that the fan in the office was stuck in a loop, turning on and off a button on a KPL. And on that same KPL, one button does activate the Hue Lights. Just like with the garage light and the alarm, the fan activated a different button on the KPL that turned on the Hue Lights.
I know programming is normally the culprit, but usually those are confined to a small segment of what Indigo does.
I guess I'm just curious if anyone else has had strange things happen lately, and more importantly, any tips or suggestions on trying to trouble shoot what the problem might be.