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Re: [ECS] hv dimming Mark Gilmore Mon, 05 Oct 1998 14:45:58 -0700

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i have changed to the FORCE commands - will be in next upload

Ingo Dean (At Home) wrote:
> 
> Mark,
> 
> > From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:markgilmore@cococo.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 10:33 PM
> ...
> > Ingo, If you have used "SET ECS_PLC_IFC_2J_DIM=2", the fast
> > HV/dimming should work (with 4 extra dims for 0%).
> > If not, try the new one. If still not, is it dimming FAST ?
> 
> I just downloaded and installed the "10/03/98 03:58PM 1,281,274 ECS.ZIP"
> beta version.
> 
> I again "SET ECS_PLC_IFC_2J_DIM=2" to have ECS use smooth Homevision
> dimming.
> 
> It does do fast dimming, but setting my lights to 0% still leaves them
> glowing, just like before.
> 
> Using Homevision's built-in TV screens, I verified that it (HV) also
> believes the (still glowing) light to be at 0%, just like ECS.
> 
> If you are sending the four extra DIMs, perhaps Homevision is ignoring them:
> the regular "Dim ## Times" command (P{uc}07{fnc}) would be ignored by
> Homevision once it "believes" the light is fully dimmed.  You should be
> using the "Force Dim ## Times" command (P{uc}09{fnc}) so that HV's internal
> view doesn't override your commands.  (Actually, you should be using the
> Force versions wherever they exist to make sure Homevision never ignores
> you.)
> 
> Note also that I have this problem even without using the new fast-dim
> option (to a lesser extent, though).  Many times, I have to "reset" my
> lights because when I set them to 0% at night, they continue to glow.  But I
> believe this to be a seperate issue:
> 
> For more data, I had ECS dim a light and brighten it back one step at a
> time, comparing the ECS and HV (screen) values after each step.  You can see
> ECS and HV go out of sync both when dimming (at 6%) and brightening (at
> 96%):
> 
> Dimming                                 Brightening
> ECS     HV                              ECS     HV
> =========                       ===========
> ON      100                             0       0
> 96      93                              6       6
> 90      87                              12      12
> 84      81                              18      18
> 78      75                              24      25
> 72      68                              30      31
> 66      62                              36      37
> 60      56                              42      43
> 54      50                              48      50
> 48      43                              54      56
> 42      37                              60      62
> 36      31                              66      68
> 30      25                              72      75
> 24      18                              78      81
> 18      12                              78      81
> 12      6                               84      87
> 6       0<-LIGHT WENT OFF               90      93
> 0       0                               96      100
>                                         ON      100

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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence
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