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Re: [ECS] PLC Interface overflow? Mark Gilmore Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:40:47 -0400

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Jay,
The number of commands is not the problem,
as ECS intellegently "queues" all commands
for output (when the CM11A is ready).

This error means that a command has been issued to
the CM11A (by ECS) which has not been acknowledged
after 5 seconds (i.e. it is "busy" doing "something").
What that is I don't know (perhaps ANOTHER transmitter
sending a burst of continuous commands ?).

I would eliminate commands one-by-one until it goes away.
Perhaps knowing what command is causing the problem will 
help.
-- 
Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026
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Jay Heyl wrote:
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> I have an event I run every night at bed time.  It turns on a sequence of
> lights leading to the bedroom, turns off all other lights in the house, and
> then, at specific intervals, turns off the lights leading to the bedroom.
> The event basically works okay, but I've been getting an error from ECS
> indicating some kind of problem with the CM11A (from the Active Home kit).
> The error text is:  ERROR:PLC-Interface-2H transmit tmo1 (Item
> "PLC-Interface-2H").  The interface seems to work reliably with all other
> events and commands.  I can only assume this is some kind of overflow error
> due to the large number of commands being sent out in rapid sequence.  Is
> my assumption correct?  Is there anything I can do to correct this problem?
>  Occasionally some of the lights involved in this event are not turned on
> like they're supposed to be.  That's why I thought it might be some kind of
> overflow, resulting in certain commands being thrown away.
>   -- Jay

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