Insteon and Indigo in a multi-unit condo building

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smillerdad
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Insteon and Indigo in a multi-unit condo building

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I may have an opportunity to install Insteon components in a large residential building and would appreciate any feedback anyone has had with a large installation. Ideally, one iMac running Indigo on-site could keep tabs on devices many floors away, and I could monitor the system remotely. I am not yet familiar with how the building (or any large building) is wired and am not sure I even know the right questions to ask.

Any feedback is welcome.

Thanks,

Steve
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Re: Insteon and Indigo in a multi-unit condo building

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Try to get an understanding of how the power enters the building. Is it 3 phase, or regular split phase. Is the entire complex fed from one transformer with multiple meters per residence, or multiple feeds/transformers?

Things like that will greatly affect how Insteon signals propagate through the building.

Terry


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Re: Insteon and Indigo in a multi-unit condo building

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Terry,

Thanks for the guidance. It makes perfect sense and will help me address my challenge.

Steve
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Re: Insteon and Indigo in a multi-unit condo building

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I am also considering a solution for multi-unit condo using Indigo and mostly insteon devices.. Wondering if anyone ended up trying this out?
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