Subject: From: Date:

"ERR #004C:" J Gary Mull Tue, 11 May 1999 00:34:57 -0400

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ECSDOS was down today some 9+ hours today before I finally reset it!
It did not make my day!

I had to take the machine down to do some things and finally after trying all
sorts of combinations throughout the day, finally after 9+ hours F5 finally 
reset ECS and the HV interface.

It was the "ERR #004C:" problem..........  After 24 Aug 98 update
the problem has continued to plague me and always at the worst times! I
have no plans at this time to upgrade to Windoz.  I would need a new
computer and the hardware to do the phone stuff and I don't plan to do
computer upgrades until the cable company brings in the next part of the
broadband pie which will be telephone service and A CABLE MODEM sometimes
before the end-of-the-year.  Things have slowed down since Media One is
merging with AT&T.  

I am the proud owner of a new HAI OMNI PRO Alarm system!  I had it installed
since I was planning to go to the same company, an Alarm/Fire and HA company
in Atlanta for their monitoring.  Peter who has been in the business some
22 years
said that this was by far the best system on the market today.  Does X10,
Relays,
has a serial interface, you can call into the system and it has voice
commands,
and has a decent program for Macro's etc., when, and, then etc......  Since
not
supported by ECS I am sending digital to HV via the Relays.......  Has
outdoor 
temp sensor and also can add various other options such as HVAC, plus some 
other bells and whistles and we always need more of those.

Any other ECS DOS users with HV unit still having the ERR #004C: problem?

     Gary


At 09:11 AM 8/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Mark I have not upgraded in about a month or so.  I for instance do not have
>the update that corrects the Caller-id out-of -the-area situation.  I need to
>make a log of config changes before I can install the most recent upgrade.
>Glad to know that little monster bug is fixed!  THANKS!!!   I'll try to
make my
>config changes and install in the next few days.
>
>            Gary
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>---------------------- Forwarded by Judson G Mull/Atlanta/IBM on 08-24-98
09:08
>AM ---------------------------
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>markgilmore@cococo.net on 08-24-98 08:34:32 AM
>Please respond to ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org
>To: ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org
>cc:
>Subject: Re: [ECS] ECS Error
>
>
>Gary, This is NOT a hardware problem, but an internal
>ECS bug that I should have corrected a while back.
>When did you last download an update ?
>
>J Gary Mull wrote:
>>
>> I am having a frustrating problem when I reboot the PC as my Homevision
>> interface just does not want to fully connect to ECS.
>>
>> When I go to reset the HV I receive the error "ERR #004C: (Item
>> "Homevision")"  Then it will say Item Reset.  However, the item really did
>> not reset and does not communicate to ECS.
>>
>> Sometimes I am successful in disconnecting all the cables into the HV unit,
>> Serial, Power, etc, wait a minute and then reconnect the power back up,
>> then disconnect, then connect all cables back to HV and then hit PF5 reset
>> before it will reset.  Sometimes in about 30 minutes the system will reset
>> itself.  Since I was busy with a project outside with trips to HomeDepot
>> etc I thought it would reset on it's own.  It would not reset and the
>> system was down for some 8 hours before I was ever able to get it to
>> connect.  I was so frustrated and it was dark when I finally got them
>> communicating again that I was not about to reboot ECS again and go try to
>> capture the error.  Just too late.  I did not have the instructions on what
>> to do and all I wanted was to get the $^&&*^&%$ lights back on!
>>
>> Anyone had this problem?
>>
>> I will try to capture this error and send it to Mark when I have a few
>> hours to work on a capture.
>>
>> My question is should I have set the date in the HV box?  The only thing
>> programmed in the HV box are the IR codes for TV, Stereo.  Sometimes when I
>> hit pf5 ECS says "clock failure" for a second or so, then it gives the
>> error above and then says reset.  Today I had a really hard time getting
>> ECS to link back up to the HV box as nothing I did seemed to work.  If you
>> disconnect the serial cable between ECS and HV it gives a totally different
>> error.
>>
>>       Gary
>> jgary@atl.mindspring.com   Gary at Home
>> jgmull@us.ibm.com          Gary at Work
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