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Re: [ECS] 0% Light Robert L. Petrovic Mon, 19 Apr 1999 11:21:45 -0500

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Mark:

First of all it doesn't seem like the lamp is dimming to the percentage I
specified.  To be honest, even at 10% it seems that the light is only about
50% dimmed.  At 0% it looks to be about 30% - 40%, that's just a guess.  It
also doesn't dim with an X-10 Wall Switch or an X-10 Lamp Module, so the
bulb could be either a table lamp or a ceiling fixture.  These are the same
units I've used with my previous systems, Enerlogic and JDS TimeCommander.

I responded to Jerry Swords but for some reason my posting didn't go
through.  In any case, my ECS seems to acting in the identical manner in
which Jerry's does.

Regarding my problem with timers.  The following is a portion of en event
where I am using a timer:

Then            Dining Light                        Set
Off
Then            Center Light                        Set
Off
Then            East Light Timer                 Set                    30
(Seconds)
 If                  East Light Timer                 Is Now               0
 Then           East Light                            Set
Off

Once again, I am trying to use a timer with both a wall switch and/or a lamp
module and in either case it doesn't execute the action that follows the
Timer.  If I start the Event then in the Timer Group I can watch the Timer
time out and then that's it.  I also know that ECS doesn't send out a
command because the XMIT and REC lights on my JDS TimeCommander box don't
flash which they normally do if its sending or receiving.


----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Gilmore <omnip@usit.net>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [ECS] 0% Light


> Robert,
> Does the lamp-in-question dim to 10% OK ?
> What kind of X10-module and light-bulb is it ?
> Are you having the same problem will other lamps ?
>
> > Robert L. Petrovic wrote:
> >
> > Mark:
> >
> > If I tell a light to go to 0% either manually through the Light Group
> > or by processing it through an Event it won't dim to where it appears
> > the light is "off".  Instead it only dims down to about 50%, it will
> > never dim all the way down to 0%.  This occurs whether from full ON or
> > a percentage of Dim.  I have tried it even from a low of 10% and it
> > just stays at the 10% level.  The Icon in the Light Group shows the
> > green lamp with a white dot so I guess it sent out a signal to dim to
> > 0%.
>
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
> omnip@usit.net
> http://www.usit.com/omnip
>

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