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RE: [HOMEVIS] Using HomeVision with ECSW J Gary Mull Fri, 19 Jun 1998 18:13:33 -0400

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With ECST I do not have this problem, but I do have another problem.  When
I take ECS down (Alt Q) and go into DOS and back out or perform a cold
boot, I get the error "ERR #004.  ECST can not link back up with the serial
connection of HV.  I will either had to sit there and press PF5 several
times, else I will have to unplug the power to HV and let is sit about 10
seconds and then power HV up again and try PF5 till I can get it to reset.
When the power was off for the bad storm we had Monday (7 1/2 hrs) when
ECST came back up it did not reset and had to play the power off stuff till
it would reset.  I mentioned this earlier to Mark but have not had the
chance to try to re-create it and send him a file.

     Gary

At 02:13 PM 6/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I don't believe those are an issue.  Let me give you an example.  The most
>consistent "problem" is that on the initial startup ECSW/HomeVision will
>always see the setting for my "Somebody's home" button as being OFF, which
>would indicate that the house should be in it's security mode.  For my
>"Somebody's home" item in ECSW I have the back-up state set to YES and the
>initial state set to ON.  So I do not see any reason whatsoever that either
>ECSW or HomeVision should "think" that "Somebody's home" is OFF.
>
>Mark S
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-homevision-users@warren.MENTORG.COM
>[mailto:owner-homevision-users@warren.MENTORG.COM]On Behalf Of David
>Mccoll
>Sent: Thursday, June 18, 1998 9:55 PM
>To: homevision-users@warren.MENTORG.COM
>Subject: Re: [HOMEVIS] Using HomeVision with ECSW
>
>
>In the item setup of ECSW have you looked at the INITIAL STATE and BACKUP
>settings of the items ?
>
>David Mccoll
>dmccoll@intergate.bc.ca
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Sekelsky <Mark@sekelsky.com>
>To: homevision-users@warren.MENTORG.COM
><homevision-users@warren.MENTORG.COM>
>Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 4:37 PM
>Subject: [HOMEVIS] Using HomeVision with ECSW
>
>
>>Craig,
>>
>>I want to use HomeVision with ECSW software.  I am having a problem on the
>>initial startup that I hope you can help with.
>>
>>If I shut down and restart ECSW the HomeVision unit seems to reset many of
>>the modules in my house.  The odd thing is that there is no schedule in the
>>Home vision unit so it really shouldn't "know" what modules I have or what
>>their state is anyway.  Unless of course, it is "remembering" the states
>>from it's last use.  Let me see if I can give you a better example.
>>
>>We have of button in the house that we push to indicate whether or not
>>somebody is home.  Let's say that the state of that is "on. " When I first
>>start ECSW I will get a warning message that my house is still in security
>>mode.  In order to get this message ECSW will have to "see" that my Home
>>button is "off" and that something else in the house is on which should not
>>be on if there's nobody home.  A few seconds after that I will get my
>>welcome  home message and everything will get set as it is when we arrive
>>home.
>>
>>Again, my first instinct is that HomeVision shouldn't have anything to do
>>with this.  It is simply being used as the PLC device.  However, nobody
>else
>>using the HomeVision along with ECSW seems to be having this problem.  Nor
>>does Mark (Gilmore) know of any reason why things would behave in this
>>manner.
>>
>>Any thoughts?
>>
>>Mark Sekelsky
>>Mark@sekelsky.com
>>http://www.sekelsky.com
>>
>>
>>
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