Re: [mh] Dual band PLM death after 5 years

I also got a new PLM that is supposedly fixed after killing one in repair.


You can link to i2 as long as you know the ID. Make sure to do a full scan
and orphan clean up after to remove the old PLM from the devices.

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019, 5:08 PM Marc MERLIN <[email protected]> wrote:

> My previous PLMs died every 1-2 years, this last one I got in 2014 and
> it just died now, by showing more garbage and badly decoded packets
>
> I tried to fix it by replacing the capacitors as shown in
>
> https://1projectaweek.com/blog/2017/6/2/repairing-a-failed-insteon-powerlinc-power-line-modem-plm-2413u
> but sadly removing one of them damaged the circuit board in a way that
> it was not obvious to fix without schematics.
>
> Smarthome ended up selling me another one for 50% off after 3 days
> trying to track down if my 7 years extended warranty (which they don't
> offer anymore) went back far enough or not for my failed unit (turns out
> not, I bought it with a PLM in 2011).
>
> They promised that they have fixed the capacitor problem on their
> current units.
> I guess we'll see.
>
> Now the annoying part will be to unpair/re-pair everything given that
> the new insteon devices require that you manually push their button to
> pair them to the PLM the first time (at least I think they do)
>
> Marc
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