Korey wrote:Any news on this? is this something we can expect down the road from someone?
This was just a wishful thinking poll mostly, so no. It couldn't hurt though to
let Insteon know that you'd be interested in such a device...
Korey wrote:Thinking of upgrading to a 2018 Mini and don't like the idea that the USB to the Powerlinc is flakey..
I believe we've determined that the new mini doesn't exhibit the OS driver issues.
Korey wrote:I notice not many poll results, but my system is exclusively Insteon.. I have yet to find a equivalent for the Keypadlinc. Sorry Dave!
The only Insteon I have left in my house are: KeypadLincs (mostly in combination with FanLincs), SwitchLincs in multi-way scenarios (and a couple directly linked to hidden door sensors), and a variety of wall warts that are directly linked to SwitchLinc and KeypadLinc buttons.
I could likely swap out the SwitchLincs that are in multiway with Z-Wave equivalents when those start to fail (in fact I will likely be doing that soon replacing 2 SwitchLincs with HomeSeer switches). I think I could replace the door sensor/SwitchLinc combo with devices that support the appropriate associations (I like the fact that direct links in the Insteon solution don't require roundtrip to the PowerLinc). The same could be said for the switches/wall warts.
So, I'm pretty much left with these two scenarios that I can't do with Z-Wave easily: KeypadLinc/FanLinc (there isn't a Z-Wave device that does both fan speed and fan light), and the KeypadLinc as generic scene controller that shows visually state. I know there are some multibutton Z-Wave scene controllers, but I don't believe those show state (with an LED or something like the KeypadLinc).