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Sun Feb 03, 2019 6:13 pm
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kyphos
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I've been using Indigo (w/Insteon) for a number of years, but am strictly a neophyte. I have a few schedules, and a couple of triggers, but no scenes, groups, scripts, or other sophisticated constructs. I'm looking for some guidance on setting up a basic 3-way switch configuration. I want to replace two conventional 3-way switches with a pair of Insteon 2477S Switchlinc switches. The load is a single kitchen ceiling fixture. I've read the on-line help and Wiki articles about links, and searched the forum. I've read through 8 pages of the sticky thread about links at the top of this forum. It made my head spin ( I suspect a lot of the content there is way out of date). This thread from last fall is the most relevant article I've found.
I've already figured out the wiring dilemma as described above by Gman34758, and repurposed one of the traveler wires to get a neutral to the switch box that didn't have one. But I'm perplexed on how to use Indigo to define and sync the required links to the two 2477 switches (one a 'responder' and one a 'controller'?). Under Indigo's Interfaces menu, there are two selections for managing links: Manage INSTEON PowerLinc Links and Manage INSTEON Device Links. Which is the right one to use, or do I have to define links in both? I'll want to use Indigo software and the mobile app to turn the ceiling light on and off.
In the last post in this thread, Jay offered a warning that I will undoubtedly run across the issue of the two getting out of sync, and referred to a wiki article "Scenes, Groups, Multiway Lights, Oh My!" I've read through that article, and it left me even more befuddled. It suggests using Python scripts to make multi-ways work properly. Unfortunately, Python scripts are way beyond my pay grade!
I'll be grateful for any advice that will help me achieve my objective of replacing two conventional 3-way switches with a pair of Insteon switches. I had thought this would be a straightforward task, but there's more to it than I expected.
Thanks.