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RE: [ECS] HomeVision with ECSW Mark Sekelsky Sun, 21 Jun 1998 17:01:52 -0500

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Michael,

Mark also mentioned that he thinks different IFCs may que differently.  It
can't be anything I have in an event because it doesn't happen if I start
ECSW with the Micro Redac as the PLC device.  It is unique to the Home
Vision (as PLC station 0) startup.

Mark S

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael David [mailto:michael@michaeldavid.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 1998 3:32 PM
To: ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org; Mark@sekelsky.com
Subject: RE: [ECS] HomeVision with ECSW


Hi Mark S!

As Mark said, ECS, during startup, does not turn off appliance modules then
set them to their backup state.  That is only done for lights.  So, if you
have appliance modules toggling off and then back on at startup there must
be something else causing it.  Are you absolutely sure you don't have
something in your events to cause this?

Cheers!

Michael David
michael@michaeldavid.com


-----Original Message-----
From:	Mark Sekelsky [mailto:Mark@sekelsky.com]
Sent:	Sunday, June 21, 1998 4:01 PM
To:	ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org
Subject:	RE: [ECS] HomeVision with ECSW

While Michael's suggestion would work (thanks for the thought Michael) it is
a little more complex than that.  I have 33 appliance items and although
most are OFF and not affected there are more being affected than just the
"Somebody's home" I have used in my example.  Initially I did not understand
that it should work in this fashion, but if this is how it works, this is
how it works.  To your earlier point, Mark, once I get the "kinks" out I
shouldn't be shutting down/restarting all that much.

Mark S

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:markgilmore@cococo.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 1998 2:14 PM
To: ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org
Subject: Re: [ECS] HomeVision with ECSW


I just went thru a fair amount of trouble to verify what I already
knew: Regardless of the ifc used, ECS always sends out an OFF
command at startup for backed up LIGHT states.
For APPLIANCE items, it only sends ON or OFF.
I can find nothing out of the ordinary here.

There may be a diff in the way ECS queues PLC commands
for the diff devices, which could explain what you are
seeing on startup. Michael's suggestion is a good one.
--
Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mark_gilmore_2

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