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Re: [ECS] Re: hv/dimming Mark Gilmore Fri, 25 Sep 1998 08:11:10 -0700

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Ingo, I know from testing that there are
18 dim physical states using the HV.
I strongly doubt that there is a bug here.
BTW, I convert to hex.

Ingo Dean (At Home) wrote:
> 
> 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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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence
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