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Re: [ECS] HV/DIMMING Carl Keyes Thu, 24 Sep 1998 18:02:47 +0000

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Mark,

Just for the record,the JDS TC+ dimming problem with regular modules,
is the same or different than the HV dimming problem?

Thanks,

carl

Mark Gilmore wrote:
> 
> Guys, This HV-dimming is proving problematic for two reasons:
> 1) Fast dimming causes VERY strange results - dimming to 0%
>    only goes to around 18%.
> 2) Fast-dimming to 12% causes the HV to report a "ghost"
>    DIM command when the initial dim command completes
>    (resulting in an eventual ECS State of 6%). This kind
>    of behavior doesn't make for sound sleep.
> 3) Slow-dimming can still halt ECS if it needs to issue
>    another command to the HV (since it needs to wait for
>    the initial dim command to complete).
> 
> SO, I reverted back to the original code.
> IF you still want to use the HV dimming,
> use the following command:
>         SET ECS_PLC_IFC_2J_DIM={d}
> where {d} is 1 for slow dimming and 2 for fast
> dimming. BUT YOU ARE OWN YOUR OWN :-).
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence
> http://members.a2zsol.com/omnipotence.html

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