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funbobbybaby69
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Posted: August 07 2008 at 18:37 | IP Logged Quote funbobbybaby69

i have a wireless X10 remote control. i hit x10 (Housecode E) #6 ON. My light goes on. I hit x10 #6 off it goes off. (everytime) In the insteon explorer in the top right window i see the housecode and number i sent. i click the X10 palm pad in PH and have the housecode set to E and only one x10 device works when i click on the number/address. i have tried every address (#) and dif. housecodes... the only x10 address PH can control is #9... and in the top right window in Insteon Exp. when i click on a number on the palmpad i cannot see the same line of code ie. x10 E06=on (i dont have the actual code, im just using that as an example) within PowerHome.

1)Should ph display x10 housecodes and unit numbers when sending commands with the palmpad? (how can you read the info to find out what x10 housecode and number is being sent)

2)Does my X10-#E09 work because its a x10 Wireless transiever? And all my other devices are hardwired?

3)Does PH use the PLC to send x10 command directly to the x10 device or does it go to the insteon access points and from there go wirelessly?

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Posted: August 07 2008 at 19:11 | IP Logged Quote grif091
You can double click on the blue T shaped Icon in the system tray to open the SDM3 window. SDM3 is the device driver used by the PLC. You will see what X10 traffic is written (or not written) to the power line. Access Points do not repeat X10 signals. Quote from Smarthome Access Point specs "Please Note: Access Points repeat INSTEON signals and not X10." None of the normal Insteon devices repeat X10 signals.

Update: The message coming from the power line is in Hex, the message coming from PH to the power line is in decimal. The first series is an A1 ON, A1 OFF sequence issued by an X10 controller. The second is an A1 ON, A1 OFF sequence from the Palm Pad. Same X10 messages, just one in hex, one in decimal.

PLC:eventraw=08
PLC:receiveX10raw=00 66
PLC:receiveX10=A1
PLC:eventraw=08
PLC:receiveX10raw=01 62
PLC:receiveX10=A On
PLC:eventraw=08
PLC:receiveX10raw=00 66
PLC:receiveX10=A1
PLC:eventraw=08
PLC:receiveX10raw=01 63
PLC:receiveX10=A Off

ui:!sendx10raw=0,102
PLC:sendx10raw=True
uifinished:!sendx10raw=0,102
ui:!sendx10raw=1,98
PLC:sendx10raw=True
uifinished:!sendx10raw=1,98
ui:!sendx10raw=0,102
PLC:sendx10raw=True
uifinished:!sendx10raw=0,102
ui:!sendx10raw=1,99
PLC:sendx10raw=True
uifinished:!sendx10raw=1,99


Edited by grif091 - August 07 2008 at 21:18

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