Insteon KPL LED Issues

Tonight I noticed that my KPL was frozen. It did not respond to any button presses. So to troubleshoot I air gapped the KPL and popped back in - which had 2 effects.

1) The buttons now send requests to Indigo but receive (some, not all) no ack in the log
2) The LEDs no longer function

I know there's power getting to the KPL and to the FanLinc. When I pull the air gap , and then push back in, ALL LED lights light up briefly.

Before I check the wiring, are there any troubleshooting techniques I might try to fix?

As mysteriously as this problem started, it has gone away. I'll monitor and see if it acts up again.

To keep an eye on my slowly dying out insteon devices, I've set up a couple error triggers.
One that records all no ack:
Trigger: SQL Logger Event, Error in Event Log, Internal Indigo Errors "(.*)no ack"

Action: (Writes 3 lines from the server log into a CVS file on my dropbox folder on my indigo computer)

Code: Select all

logList = indigo.server.getEventLogList(lineCount=3)


import datetime
import os.path
from os import system
 
csvFilePath = "/Users/williammoore/Dropbox/Indigo/Error Catch.csv"
csvHeaders = "3 Lines Captured from Error no Ack" + "\n"

THIS_SCRIPT = 'Error Catch Log'
TIME = '{date:%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M.%S}'.format(date=datetime.datetime.now())


# Check and see if the file exists. If not, create and write the headers.
if not os.path.isfile(csvFilePath):
    csvFile = open(csvFilePath, "a")
    csvFile.write(csvHeaders)

 
# Write new values to the file.
csvFile = open(csvFilePath, "a")
element = logList + "\n"
csvFile.write(element)
 
# Close the file.
csvFile.close()


For specific devices that I'm having issues with, like my Side Patio light:
Trigger: SQL Logger Event, Error in Event Log, Internal Indigo Errors "Side Patio(.*)no ack"
Action:

turn off "Side Patio Light"; delay 00:05:00
increment variable ErrorCatchSidePatio by 1

Trigger: SQL Logger Event, Error in Event Log, Internal Indigo Errors "Side Patio(.*)no ack"
Condition: if variable ErrorCatchSidePatio is greater than 4
Action:

set variable ErrorCatchSidePatio to 0,
Send Pushover Notification,
turn off "Side Patio Light"; delay 00:05:00

I am mostly concerned with lights that go off automatically at night and I'm annoyed if I wake up in the morning and they are still on. This way indigo will keep trying the light until it turns off, every 5th attempt, I'll get a pushover notification. If I get 2 or more pushover notifications on a device in one night = time to replace the switch.

On the KPL front.... the closest z-wave alternative that I'm switching over too is a 5 button zooz zen32. This will easily replace my 6 button KPL fan/light switches... I'll use the big button on the top as the light on/off button, and the 4 bottom ones for fan speed (off-low-med-high). I'm still stuck on a replacement for my 8 button KPL that provide on/off and status for 8 separate devices.

Technically the 5 button zooz can control more devices than an 8 button KPL with double taps and stuff, but I personally don't use those features as I haven't figured out a way to remember or label the switch for multiple taps or button holds or whatever.