plmpower(8)

1plmpower(8)                        powerman                        plmpower(8)
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NAME

6       plmpower - control Insteon/X10 devices via SmartLabs PLM 2412S
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SYNOPSIS

9       plmpower --device serial-port
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DESCRIPTION

12       plmpower  is  a helper program for powerman which enables communication
13       with Insteon/X10 devices via SmartLabs Power Line Modem,  model  2412S.
14       It  is run interactively by the powerman daemon.  It can also be useful
15       as a standalone tool for debugging X10/Insteon networks  based  on  the
16       above device.
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NETWORK SETUP

19       Note  the  addresses of your Insteon/X10 devices.  Plug the PLM into an
20       AC outlet, preferably on the same electrical phase as the devices under
21       control.   Devices are available to bridge phases if this is not possi‐
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24       Attach the PLM's serial port to your computer, and ensure that  nothing
25       else  is  using the serial port such as the system console or getty(8).
26       Run plmpower and try the interactive  commands  below  to  see  if  the
27       devices respond reliably.
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29       Once  everything  is  working, configure powermand to run plmpower as a
30       coprocess as described in powerman.conf(5).
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OPTIONS

33       -d, --device serial-port
34              Specify the path to the special  file  connected  to  the  PLM's
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37       -t, --timeout msec
38              Set  the Insteon timeout to the specified number of milliseconds
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41       -x, --x10-attempts number
42              Set the number of times to run every X10  command  (default  3).
43              X10  does  not  provide  an ACK/NAK mechanism like Insteon so we
44              cannot be certain that any  particular  X10  command  completed,
45              therefore  X10  commands  are  issued multiple times to increase
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INTERACTIVE COMMANDS

49       The following commands are accepted at the plmpower>  prompt.   Address
50       arguments may be Insteon (e.g. 1A.2B.3C) or X10 (e.g. G12).
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52       help   Display help on the available commands.
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54       info   Get info about the PLM.
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56       reset  Reset the PLM (clears the all-link db).
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58       on addr
59              Turn on device.
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65              Query status of device (Insteon only).
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68              Time round trip request/response to device (Insteon only).
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FILES

72       /usr/sbin/plmpower
73       /etc/powerman/powerman.conf
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ORIGIN

77       PowerMan  was  originally  developed  by Andrew Uselton on LLNL's Linux
78       clusters.  This software is open source and distributed under the terms
79       of the GNU GPL.
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