SeriaLinc Owner’s Manual
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Some computers and their accessories can absorb SeriaLinc signals off the power lines. Since
SeriaLinc will be so close to the computer, use a Smarthome FilterLinc (#1626) or filtered power
strip for the computer to keep the SeriaLinc signals from getting absorbed by the computer
equipment.
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If the computer’s serial port is shared with another hardware device (scanner, PDA, etc.), be sure
to turn off the device’s program on the PC. If left running, the home automation software will not
be able to communicate with SeriaLinc.
If you have any questions, please call:
INSTEON Gold Support Line
800-762-7845
Creating a CSV File
The SeriaLinc Downloader takes CSV files with the following formatting as input:
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First line – baud rate of the device. It should contain the baud rate preceded by the ‘#’ symbol.
Allowable baud rates are: #2400, #4800, #9600, #14400, #19200, #28800, #38400, #57600, and
#115200.
Example Line:
#9600
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Some number of lines defining the serial translation in the following format:
[1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
Line entries are defined as:
[1] – either ‘0’ (INSTEON to serial), ‘1’ (serial to INSTEON ON), or ‘2’ (serial to INSTEON OFF)
[2] – INSTEON ID, which is printed on SeriaLinc’s label in the XX.XX.XX format
NOTE: This entry is ignored for serial to INSTEON commands.
[3] – group number (1 – 255, or in hex format 0x00 to 0xFF)
[4] – either ‘ON’ (respond to ON), OFF (respond to OFF), ON BRIGHT (ON as well as Start
Bright), OFF DIM (OFF as well as Dim), FAST ON, FAST OFF, BRIGHT (incremental
bright, sent from ControLincs, RemoteLincs, and SmartLincs)
[5] – Serial data, either as quoted text, such as *Z01ON/r, or spaced hex bytes, such as 01 01 03
0A
INSTEON to serial, id: 01.01.03, group 1, respond to on, ASCII command from device 0,
01.02.03, 1, on, “Z01ON”
NOTE: Lines with blank space and lines where the first character is a semicolon will be ignored.
;comment line ignored by software
Example CSV File
Test_01.csv
#9600
1, , 1, on, “Test group 1 on”
2, , 1, off, “Test group 1 off”/r”
Download the test CSV file at:
http://www.insteon.net/software/serialincdownloader/test_01.csv
