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Re: [ECS] X-10 Poling of device status Bill Walters Sun, 18 Jun 2000 10:53:25 -0500

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Paul,

The only way you could do this is to have 2-way X-10 modules which support
status polling.  That way, in your STARTUP event ECS could poll each module
for its current state. However, if your X-10 switches are receive only,
there is no way ECS or any other program which is --not-- running could
monitor anything.

If ActiveHome did, I find it strange, but maybe due to macro or storage
capability of CM-11a.  Remember, with ECS, we don't use the internal storage
capability of the CM-11a and in fact, we have to have the batteries removed.

That's my guess anyway...

Lastly, why would anyone ever NOT have ECS running???  ;<}  !

Bill Walters

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Fitch" <pfitchjr@bellsouth.net>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 10:38 PM
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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