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RE: [ECS] RADAC Unit and problem with communications on line Michael David Wed, 10 Jun 1998 01:15:16 -0400

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Hi Garry!

Ok, let's recap:

You have an event that you know works, because you have a PC bell set to
beep whenever this event is triggered.  This event sends an X10 command.

You are using an x10 controller to trigger this event, which means that the
Redac is receiving X10 signals fine.

When you send the command, you see the "X10 Activity" light in the Redac
flash, indicating that the Redac has sent the command.

You don't know if the TW light flashes when this happens, because you can't
se it where it is installed.

Your communication LED flashes the same whether event processing is enabled
or not (which is normal).

Do I have all that right?

If so, there's only a few more things to check:

Plug a known good module into the same socket as the TW, and try to turn it
on and off.

Also, you really should find some way to watch the TW during the send
process.  Perhaps using an extension cord to get it close to you while you
are at the computer.  We want to verify it flashes during the send.

Using that extension cord, try moving the TW to another circuit to see if
there is some noise on it's current circuit.  Try shutting off all the power
in your house except the circuit the TW is on and see you can control
something in that same outlet.

You do have that Redac defined as station 0 right?  You aren't using another
PLC interface AND the Redac, right?

Any chance your TW<->Redac cable could be bad?  What happens if you send
continuous X10 commands for several minutes?  Do you get a buffer overload
message?

Do you have another cable you can try?  Do you have another TW you can try?

Anyone else have any other ideas?

Cheers!
Michael David
michael@michaeldavid.com


-----Original Message-----
From:	garry viele [mailto:gviele@gfn.org]
Sent:	Tuesday, June 09, 1998 8:24 PM
To:	ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org
Subject:	Re: [ECS] RADAC Unit and problem with communications on line



Michael David wrote:

> Hi Gary!

Hi Michael -

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>

Well just ran some tests and here are the results:

 RADAC activity seen  AND in the  cfg I have an event set up to ring the
pc-bell
if x-10 controller  key is pressed.  It works (I press all lights off and
the
pc-bell sounds   ---  but NO lights go off).  The  TW  light does flash so
it is
being sent out at least that far!

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