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RE: [ECS] Bizarre X-10 behavior Mark Sekelsky Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:07:57 -0500

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I do have the light sensors disabled.  I am also staggering the unit codes
since the detector set to G2 would also use G3.  I am going to try
staggering the codes by more than 2.  I don't know why that would make any
difference, but then I don't know why everything is acting so weird anyway.

Mark S

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Pfeifer [mailto:no-pain@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Friday, October 02, 1998 9:54 PM
To: ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org
Subject: Re: [ECS] Bizarre X-10 behavior


The X-10 motion dectors are dusk till dawn , maybe they think it's
daylight. Try disabling the light sensor in the motion detector?
					Mike P

At 06:50 PM 10/2/98 -0700, you wrote:
>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
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>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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