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RE: [ECS] X-10 communication help... A.J. Griglak Sat, 30 Sep 2000 13:25:17 -0400

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I'm not sure if this will help your situation, but I would recommend the
following modification to anyone who has the TW523.  I did it to my TW523,
and it makes a big difference.  Before the hack, there was a very noticible
3-5 second delay between commands.  Now the delay is no more than a second.

Disregard the 110v to 220v at the top of the page.  Start at "Modification
to improve reliability"
http://www.geocities.com/ido_bartana/modifying_power_line_interface.htm

You can also read more about it on this thread:

http://x71.deja.com/=km/viewthread.xp?mhitnum=15&AN=584620831.1&frpage=threa
dmsg_ct.xp&recnum=%3c881gi2$rh@news.or.intel.com%3e%231/1&back=comp.home.aut
omation

(It's a long one, so you might need to manually cut and paste it into your
browser as opposed to clicking on it...

Good luck!

-=A.J.

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Weiss [mailto:seweiss@fast.net]
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 3:09 PM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: RE: [ECS] X-10 communication help...


A.J.

I actually did e-mail ADI, and they told me that the in-wall
transmitters transmit the extended X-10 signals that the
TW523 won't forward onto the Ocelot or any other controller.

What confuses me about this is that the in-line modules that
I have work fine, so I don't see what the extended X-10 has
to do with anything, and to me the TW523 should pick these
up.  The TW523 is supposed to be two-way, is it not?

Also, I did joing the mailing list prior to receiving your
e-mail.   Thanks for the suggestion.

I wanted to try out the C-Max software just to make sure
things were working, but I ran across this issue.  I plan
to move onto ECS, if I can (or even can't) get a worthwhile
answer to this.

Regards,
Stephen Weiss


» -----Original Message-----
» From: A.J. Griglak [mailto:aj@griglak.com]
» Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 3:03 PM
» To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
» Subject: RE: [ECS] X-10 communication help...
»
»
» Hmmm...  Sounds like a ADI question really.  Go to
» http://www.futurestandard.com/mailinglists.htm and join the
» CPU-XA mailing
» list.  CPU-XA is what they used to call the Ocelot.  I have
» an Ocelot since
» December, but only used the C-MAX software for about 3
» minutes.  Since then,
» I've used ECS exclusively.  I'm sure if you try both, you'll
» come to the
» same conclusion.
»
» Good Luck
»
» -=A.J.
»
» -----Original Message-----
» From: Stephen Weiss [mailto:seweiss@fast.net]
» Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 9:52 AM
» To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
» Subject: [ECS] X-10 communication help...
»
»
» All,
»
» I just received an Ocelot with a TW523 X-10 communication unit.
»
» I have a number of in-wall controllers which I use to control X-10
» in-line modules and outlets.  When I use the supplied Ocelot
» software to monitor the X-10 commands and I use the in-wall
» controllers to transmit a message, I don't see it in the X-10 log.
» Is this typical operation?  Shouldn't I see the X-10 messages
» from an in-wall controller?  I know the messages are going out
» because the in-line units work fine.
»
» Any/All help is greatly appreciated,
» Stephen Weiss
» seweiss@fast.net
»

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