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Re: [ECS] PLC Interface overflow? Paul Fitch Sat, 01 Jul 2000 21:55:41 -0400

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While mining the Home Automation tips archive I came across a fast, easy, and
REVERSIBLE method of disabling the dawn/dusk sensor....White Out!!!  Just paint
it on and your done.

"A.J. Griglak" wrote:

> I have four X-10 motion detectors in my house, and have no such problems.  I
> have, however, disabled the dusk/dawn setting, which is useless in my
> opinion.  For one thing, they eat up another precious house code  ;-)  I
> don't have problems with "lots of x-10 commands," so maybe the extra
> commands are from the dusk/dawn thing.
>
> Anyway, do the mod yourself.  At first glance it looks scary, but once I did
> one, I did them all withour referring back to the directions.
>
> http://www3.edgenet.net/lingling/x10-mod1.html#defeat
>
> or
>
> http://www.geocities.com/ido_bartana/modifying_hawkey_sensor.htm#Disabling%2
> 0dusk/dawn%20sensor
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> -=A.J.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J Gary Mull [mailto:jgary@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:37 PM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: Re: [ECS] PLC Interface overflow?
>
> Are you using an X10 motion sensor.  X10 motion detectors send out lots of
> X10 commands so I use hard wired motion sensors.
>
> At 05:06 PM 6/30/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >It just occurred to me that I have a motion detector in one of the hallways
> >where a light is turned on by the bed time event.  It's probably the motion
> >detector sending out the "daylight" command.  If that's it, there's not
> >much I can do about it.  I use the "daylight" signal to determine if the
> >hallway light should be turned on when motion is detected, so I can't
> >disable the light sensor.  As long as ECS retries whatever didn't go
> >through the first time I guess it should be okay.
> >
> >  -- Jay
> >
> >At 18:40 06/30/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >>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 ?).
> >
> >
> jgary@atl.mindspring.com   Gary at Home
> jgmull@us.ibm.com          Gary at Work

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