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Yep, exactly. It was pretty rare, and I think it mostly occurred on "3-way" switches that were capped/originally wired as 3-ways but changed to be normal switches with Insteon links to get the dual-switch functionality.

It only takes once-a-month of hitting a physical switch, then having to do a "double-take" and re-hit it to get the light on, before the proverbial rage boils quickly.

All of mine are indeed the newer style RF + powerline; I also had my Insteon hub fail once, which was frustrating because it required some re-pairing that didn't "just work" IIRC. I was using a dedicated Mac Mini running the Indigo macOS app.

I may give it another go in my office at some point, we'll see.



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