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RE: [ECS] X-10 communication help... Stephen Weiss Mon, 2 Oct 2000 09:25:25 -0400

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All,

After a (what started out wanting to be a brief, but turned
out to be a long) di

» -----Original Message-----
» From: A.J. Griglak [mailto:aj@griglak.com]
» Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 1:25 PM
» To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
» Subject: RE: [ECS] X-10 communication help...
»
»
» 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_inte
» rface.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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