apearson / node-red-contrib-insteon

This repo has been deprecated. A library of nodes for interacting with the Insteon ecosystem.

[Deprecated] Insteon PLM for Node-RED

Overview

A library of nodes for interacting with the Insteon home automation ecosystem.

Nodes

Insteon PLM

This node is the main node for interacting with the modem directly. It has the least number of layers and allows you to execute Insteon commands directly on the modem.

Messages

Topic: The command the modem should execute

Device: The device the command should target

Payload: The body of the command

Resources

Command examples can be found in wiki/PLM-Node

node-red-contrib-insteon's Issues

Device Type resets when opening device config

Need a device request node

Node will have 1 input and 1 output like the tcp request node

Scope of project?

Hey @apearson I just found this node and successfully got it working with my USB PLM connected to a raspi 4 (node red in docker).

I've been thinking about trying to write something myself for a while, but you've got a really great start (although there doesn't seem to be much in the way of examples or documentation).

I was thinking about creating four nodes: Device Input, Device Output, Scene Input, Scene Output - this was to try and mimic the input/ouput nomenclature that node-red has (like for MQTT).

The input nodes would let you choose a target device or scene and then send it a command (On, Off, level, etc), and the output nodes would be like subscribers which listen for a device or scene to go to the specified state (Motion detected, Switched On, etc).

I hadn't figured out the logistics of naming the devices & scenes...

I also thought about building a node-red-ui for managing links, but that's another story.

Anyway, what is your vision for the project? Are you planning to just keep it a single node that lets you send commands to the PLM or something more than that?

I really want to have all of my insteon control and bridge with Apple HomeKit in node-red.

Open PR

Hey there - I don't know if you saw my comment on the open pr from a couple of weeks ago. I tried to ping you on slack too :)

ToDo

• PLM Config Node
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• PLM Node
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• Device Config Node
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• Device In node
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• Device Out node
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• Scene config node
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• Scene In node (Not needed)
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• Scene Out node
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Add device detection

https://www.npmjs.com/package/usb-detection

Remove ready from non config nodes

Todo: Add timeout to manageDevice & unmanageDevice

These two methods need a bluebird promise that times out.

Right now if you enter an invalid address in the manageDevice method, it hangs indefinitely.

Should have a dropdown instead of a text box for serial path

Work on reconnect

how to reconnect

• On Close, set a timeout to reconnect
• On Error, set a timeout to reconnect

Use SerialPort.list to identify which ports are on the machine

Run SerialPort.list every so often to detect when port is back while disconnected.