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Re: [ECS] New to ECS Mark Gilmore Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:50:15 -0500

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Hi Dennis,
Define a PLC-BUTTON Item for the house code of your keychain
remote. The State of this Item will then reflect any buttons
pushed (e.g. 1/ON, etc).
BTW/FYI: if you were to SET this Item to 1/ON,
it would transmit 1/ON.
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026


Dennis Fenske wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> First, forget what I asked about the Cmax software in another message.
> 
> I am beginning to use my ECS software connected to a CPU-XA, SECU-16 and
> X10 items.  I followed the Quickstart Tutorial and was able to get "My
> Lamp" to function properly following the directions given.  I then
> wanted to use my Powerhouse Key chain remote (model kc674) that
> energizes a Powerhouse Transceiver Module (model TM751).  I wanted to
> send an X10 signal and have it detected by the ECS software when the
> "On" button was pressed.  This would then energize a relay on the
> SECU-16.  Later when the "Off" button was pressed, the SECU-16 relay
> would be de-energized.
> 
> My problem is that I cannot seem to determine how to set up the ECS
> software to "detect" incoming X10 commands.
> 
> Any suggestions are welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dennis Fenske

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