My normal installation is about 20 Insteon devices with a few X10 devices left over (in outside outlet boxes). During Christmas I add almost a dozen X10 Appliance Modules for various Christmas lights inside the house. I know about degradation in X10 signal strength and see lots of random X10 changes when some Insteon device is used - but I can live with that just during the holidays.
That being provided as background information, my problem is trying to replace an X10 Appliance Module located in my shed about 90' from the house, controlling yard light transformers. I'm using a 2635-222 On/Off module but it is not seen by my ISY994i run Insteon network. I first tried to auto-link it and ISY never saw it. I then tried to manually link it by entering the device address and ISY still never saw it.
The closest dual-band Insteon device to the shed is a 2447D Dimmer module at the back door to the house.
Will installing a 2992-222 Range Extender in the outlet below the 2447D Dimmer work any better? Shouldn't the 2447D be repeating the signal the same way a Range Extender would?
My only other option might be to add a Range Extender in the detached garage that is between the house and the shed.
I need this to work even during Christmas with all the extra temporary X10 modules.
Thanks,
Richard
That being provided as background information, my problem is trying to replace an X10 Appliance Module located in my shed about 90' from the house, controlling yard light transformers. I'm using a 2635-222 On/Off module but it is not seen by my ISY994i run Insteon network. I first tried to auto-link it and ISY never saw it. I then tried to manually link it by entering the device address and ISY still never saw it.
The closest dual-band Insteon device to the shed is a 2447D Dimmer module at the back door to the house.
Will installing a 2992-222 Range Extender in the outlet below the 2447D Dimmer work any better? Shouldn't the 2447D be repeating the signal the same way a Range Extender would?
My only other option might be to add a Range Extender in the detached garage that is between the house and the shed.
I need this to work even during Christmas with all the extra temporary X10 modules.
Thanks,
Richard
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