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RE: [ECS] X-10 Poling of device status Michael David Sun, 18 Jun 2000 01:18:50 -0400

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Oh - was that the original question?  Sorry. :)

<disclaimer>
Well - I'm only guessing here, because I have none of them there new-fangled
X10 modules that will respond to a status request, but here goes:
</disclaimer>

<wild_ass_guess>
Assuming your X10 module(s) will respond to a status request, and your X10
interface can send it (I THINK the CM11 does...), then it seems to me that
all you would need to do on ECS startup is to send a status request, using a
PLC-Command item.
</wild_ass_guess>

Perhaps someone here who has tried this can offer a more concrete answer.
:)

Cheers!

Michael David
michael@michaeldavid.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Fitch [mailto:pfitchjr@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 1:03 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] X-10 Poling of device status

Right. So the original question is - can I ask the installed X-10 devices
for
their status after the fact.  IE, when ECS starts can it request the status
of
an X-10 device?

Activehome appears to have that ability...

Michael David wrote:

> Hi Again!
>
> Yup - that's because ECS wasn't running at the time the state changed on
the
> fan,  Had it been running, it would have seen it, and updated the state of
> that item.
>
> You probably know this, but you'll want ECS running all the time.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Michael David
> michael@michaeldavid.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Fitch [mailto:pfitchjr@bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 11:38 PM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: Re: [ECS] X-10 Poling of device status
>
> Oh yeh, all the items I want to keep an eye on are in my 'Pauls House'
> group.
> An example:
>
> I have an Item called Hall Fan
>
> Now If I turn on the Fan using a Palm Pad, WHILE ECS is NOT running, and
> then
> start ECS, it doesn't show the true state of the fan as ON.
>
> Martin Terry wrote:
>
> > ECS sees the x-10 codes and should update the states as well. Do you
have
> > one on a group screen to monitor? There is no way to easily see the
> current
> > state of an item in ECS without displaying an item in a group screen.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Fitch [mailto:pfitchjr@bellsouth.net]
> > Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 8:29 PM
> > To: ECS Mailing List
> > Subject: [ECS] X-10 Poling of device status
> >
> > Ok, now when I first started hooking up X-10 stuff with Active Home I
> > could change the state of the lights using palm pads and the on/off
> > switchs on the universal modules.  Active Home knew when I did that and
> > updated the graphics on the screen.
> >
> > Now when I do something like that while running ECS, it doesn't seem to
> > know that items are on or off.  Is there some way to poll the status of
> > my X-10 modules?  I'm using a CM-11a as my interface.

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