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Re: [ECS] HomeVision with ECSW Mark Gilmore Mon, 22 Jun 1998 08:54:16 -0700

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The HV works great, as I have been using it for months.

Michael David wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark S!
> 
> Wow!  So, you don't have this problem with the Redac as your PLC device.
> You do nothing other than define your PLC device as the Homevision, and then
> the problem happens on restart.
> 
> How bizarre.
> 
> I guess I won't be trying the Homevision any time soon....
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Michael David
> michael@michaeldavid.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Mark Sekelsky [mailto:Mark@sekelsky.com]
> Sent:   Sunday, June 21, 1998 6:02 PM
> To:     ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org; michael@michaeldavid.com
> Subject:        RE: [ECS] HomeVision with ECSW
> 
> 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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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence
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