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Re: Snap!



HomeVision turns our hall lamp circuit (A3) on everynight when it gets
dark.
When I run the "Bedtime" macro at night all the lights are turned
off.

I just plugged in two modules onto the two trees and set them to A3.  No
user intervention required from then on.

M.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brown, Andy [Infrastructure]" <andyb@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 11:40 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] Snap!


> Well,
>
> my missus finally snapped last night.
>
> We were out with a friend and the subject got round to Christmas
decorations
> (how we got there, I've no idea!).  SWMBO mentioned that she'd spent
ages
> decorating said tree, but when she came to put lights on, she
couldn't.
> Obviously, it goes without saying that yours truly plugged the lights
into
> an X10 appliance module as soon as they taken out of the box and put
on a
> timer macro.  I mean - it's just done isn't it?
>
> Anyway - TBH started her rant and it kind of snowballed into "I
only want
to
> turn the F****** lights on and I have to F****** press buttons on a
F******
> confusing control F****** panel.  I only want to turn the F******
lights
on
> for F**** sake!"  etc, etc.
>
> I think I need to change my answer on the survey to "Hates the
stuff".
>
> Any hints on making this a tad more Wife Friendly?
>
> Andy
>
>
>
>






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