Removing X10 Control from an On/Off Button Pair ................11 ABOUT INSTEON ............................12 Using Dual-Band INSTEON Devices to Upgrade Your Network............. 12 Important Note about INSTEON Networks; Split Single-Phase vs. 3-Phase Installation ....... 12 Further Enhancing Reliability ........................12 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ........................13 TROUBLESHOOTING..........................
ControLinc Owner’s Manual ABOUT CONTROLINC ControLinc allows you to use the power of INSTEON to control your home, all from a convenient tabletop controller. ControLinc is also backwards-compatible with legacy X10 devices. Status LED On/Off button pair Customizable label Bright/Dim...
INSTEON device works as a network repeater, ensuring your commands will not be lost. Affordable, because INSTEON can be integrated into any number of devices easily and at a very low cost. An INSTEON home grows in value with each added INSTEON device, making life more convenient, safe, and fun.
ControLinc Owner’s Manual Installing ControLinc Plug ControLinc into an unswitched wall receptacle The ControLinc Status LED should turn on solid USING CONTROLINC Using the ControLinc Buttons On/Off Button Pairs The On and Off buttons have a dual purpose. The buttons can be tapped to turn the Linked Responders on and off.
ControLinc Owner’s Manual Bright/Dim Buttons The Bright and Dim buttons will adjust the brightness of the Responders Linked to the last On/Off button pair you used. (Non-dimming Responders will not be affected.) Pressing & holding the Bright and Dim buttons will adjust the brightness continuously, while tapping the buttons will adjust the brightness one of 32 steps for each tap.
Unlinking an INSTEON Responder from ControLinc If you are no longer going to use an INSTEON Responder that has previously been Linked to ControLinc, it is very important that you Unlink it. Otherwise, ControLinc will retry any commands repetitively, thus slowing down the system.
Controller. INSTEON scenes are very easy to set up – just Link more than one Responder to the same On/Off or Scene button on a Controller. Then, when you press any of the Linked buttons on the Controller, all of the INSTEON devices Linked in the scene will respond as a group.
Unlinking Mode. If the Controller does not have a Set button, tap the same On or Scene button you used to put the Controller into Unlinking Mode. 5) Test that you have removed the desired devices from the INSTEON scene by pressing the buttons you just Unlinked from on the Controller Enabling / Disabling the Beeper This procedure will toggle the ControLinc beeper sound on and off.
Resetting an On/Off Button Pair to its Factory Default Settings If you want to remove all INSTEON Links from a single On/Off button pair or if you cannot Unlink a previously-Linked Responder that has been lost or broken, follow this procedure.
ControLinc Owner’s Manual X10 PROGRAMMING OPTIONS Adding X10 Control to an On/Off Button Pair ControLinc is backward-compatible with X10, meaning that it can send X10 commands to X10 devices. Any of the 256 possible X10 addresses can be programmed for each of the five On/Off button pairs on ControLinc.
It is possible that some audio-video devices, computers, power strips, or other electrical equipment may attenuate INSTEON signals on the power line. You can temporarily unplug suspected devices to test whether the INSTEON signal improves. If it does, then you can plug in filters that will permanently fix the problem.
Linking to. Responder. ControLinc and the Be sure two Access Points or other dual-band Responders or X10 INSTEON devices are properly installed to bridge devices may be on ControLinc is not the two power line phases. opposite power phases.
All Off buttons will On and All Off buttons to ControLinc. See Linking ControLinc All On or only control Responders ControLinc to an INSTEON Responder. All Off buttons. Linked directly to ControLinc. The Bright and Dim...
For repair or replacement during the warranty period, call the INSTEON Gold Support Line at 800-762-7845 with the Model # and Revision # of the device to receive an RMA# and send the product, along with all other required materials to: Smarthome, Inc.
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