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Re: [ECS] Bizarre X-10 behavior Dan Carrington Fri, 02 Oct 1998 18:50:52 -0700

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Try having someone walk in front of the detectors and watch the x10
codes on an ecs group and see if there is something odd going on.  Other
than that I don't know what could be happening.  I use security system
motion detectors for lots of things and have never had that type of
problem.  Maybe something odd with the x10 motion detectors or the
wireless x10 receivers/repeaters?

Dan Carrington




Mark Sekelsky wrote:
> 
> I am having a rather bizarre problem with my likes.  The master bedroom
> lights are on E5 and the bathroom lights are on E6. I am trying to use the
> wireless X 10 motion detectors for each light.  I have the motion detectors
> set up on House code G.  They are the only things on G.  My event is pretty
> basic, calling for the lights to be turned on or off depending upon whether
> not the motion detector sense and on or off signal.  If ECS knows that
> either my wife or I are in bed (based upon our good night buttons) it is to
> ignore the signals from the motion detectors altogether.  The motion
> detector for the bedroom is set to two, the one in the bathroom is set to
> four.
> 
> I am having numerous bizarre behaviors, but will list the most basic one.
> If I walk into the bedroom the light turns on.  Walk into the bathroom the
> light turns on.  About two seconds after the bathroom light turns on the
> bedroom light will be shut off.  Now with this point, that bedroom light
> should be on not off.  If I check with ECS it will list the state of that
> bedroom light as still being on.  I also have a SmartLinc pad and it also
> sees the light as still being on.
> 
> I have tried setting the motion detectors on different house codes, and also
> switching the motion detectors into different rooms.  It doesn't matter.
> Anybody have any earthly idea why I am getting this bizarre behavior?
> 
> Mark S.

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