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RE: [ECS] Re: hv/dimming Ingo Dean (At Home) Thu, 24 Sep 1998 20:07:18 -0400

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Mark,

I've noticed one thing relating to this.  ECS seems to have an extra dim
level, or HV has one too few:

ECS	HV
===	===
0%	0
6%	1
12%	2
18%	3
24%	4
30%	5
36%	6
42%	7
48%	8
54%	9
60%	10
66%	11
72%	12
78%	13
84%	14
90%	15
96%	16
ON	No equivalent

When running the regular ECS, if I have a light at level ON and set it to
level 96%, it sends out X-10 commands (I can't tell what they are).  But
X-10 only has those 16 levels, right?  So shouldn't ON be the same as 96%,
and therefore no X-10 command be necessary?

Maybe I can help debug this.  Are you sending the ,Pxx07nn command, the
,Pxx09nn command (I imagine this is the best one, since then you're not
allowing HV to compare internal X-10 states to what you're sending), or are
you sending the ,Pxx11nn command (which lets HV decide how many DIMS to
send)?

Also, for the nn in each command, are you sending in decimal, or converting
to Hex first?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:markgilmore@cococo.net]
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 1998 12:29 PM
> To: Craig Chadwick; ecs-list
> Subject: [ECS] Re: hv/dimming
>
>
> Craig, It is just a normal light bulb and lamp module.
> It is "missing" 3-4 commands: It takes 3-4 more dim
> commands (sent manually) to take it to 0-brightness.
> Any other thoughts or suggestions ?
> I can kludge it if needed. Thanks
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence
> http://members.a2zsol.com/omnipotence.html
>

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