Re: [Development] Lighting update - meeting report

[Richard Malcolm-Smith <rich@xxxxxxx>]

Few dumb questions...

whats a 1.5 t&e?? Here T&E is trade and exchange - a free ad's
classified newspaper so it must be something else.

Will There be any support for either a TW523 or similar powerline
interface to make the dimmers respond to X-10?

Will there be the ability to drive these from RS232 (a-la comm port on a
linux box)


Dr John Tankard wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just a update as a result of a YM session last night:
>
> Present Keith, Stuart, John
> Apologies Kieran (out with Madonna)


> Next where to go next. Keith will be receiving the circuit diagram
today (if
> I can find it) of the prototype triac dimmer so he can work on
improving the
> design. next to be discussed was how we operate the dimmer, there will
be 3
> interface types:-

> Keith had a brilliant idea about how to simplify the situation with
contact
> closure users, we would mount the 12c508's on the motherboard of the
dimmer
> and run the 1.5mm t&e back to the dimmer pack, the 12c508 would
then still
> talk with the master pic on the RS485 bus thus making the programming
of the
> 16c65 much simpler and it would mean that the same motherboard could
be used
> for both applications just by adding the extra 12c508's for home run
1.5 t&e
> operation

> IF anyone has a wish list of features they would like/dream of in the
dimmer
> could you please email me off list and I will repost the full list to
the
> group



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