INSTEON Hub: Developer’s Guide
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Introduction
This INSTEON Hub Developer’s Guide is for users of INSTEON Modem chips, such as the IN2680A
Powerline Modem Interface or the IN2682A RF Modem Interface, and also for purchasers of the
INSTEON PowerLinc™ Modem (PLM) module.
The information in this document is excepted from the INSTEON Developer’s Guide
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, which purchasers
of an INSTEON Software Development Kit may download from http://code.insteon.com.
The INSTEON Hub
The INSTEON Hub is an INSTEON-to-Ethernet Bridge module that plugs into a power outlet and also has
a ethernet port that you connect to your network. It uses an IN2680A Powerline Modem chip that offers a
simple set of ASCII IM Serial Commands
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for interacting with INSTEON devices.
The Hub uses a daughter board to implement serial communications with the host. Daughter boards
interface to the PLM’s main board via an 8-pin connector using TTL-level serial communications.