Re: Reliability

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

Goes back to the "Keep the PC dedicated to the task in hand"
argument...

Personally, my HA PC is a HA PC pure and simple. It serves no other
purpose; 
- no file/print sharing, no ICS/routing, no music server, nothing. It 
therefore has 100% of its resources dedicated to the HA software I need it
to run, - Homeseer and ACE server. I don't have any issues with the speed
of 
response of the PC itself, or the software running on it...

I *do* still get a bit annoyed with the speed of X10 itself, but that's
just 
the nature of the beast...

Paul G.

(HA PC is an Athlon 1GHz, 256MB PC133)




>From: steve.cooper@xxxxxxx
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Reliability
>Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 12:36:43 +0100
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>I had a few problems like this when using HomeSeer.  It turned out
that
>they were caused by the computer doing something else at the time like
a
>Virus scan or similar so HS wasn't getting any CPU time.  I have
to say
>since I installed my HomeVision and switched some of the macros over
to
>that things seem to run a little bit faster.
>
>S.
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"Andy
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Subject:     [ukha_d] Reliability
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>My system is showing some reliability issues. It's not that things
>don't happen, it's how long before they happen. For example, I have
>a "go to bed" macro that turns all the lights off, leaving a
couple on
>for 30 mins.
>
>Quite often I press the button on my Pronto and nothing happens.
>I can wait 20 seconds - nothing. I end up pressing it again, and
>again. Then all of a sudden it works, except that it had really
worked
>the first time but something had delayed it. I end up with those
>couple of lights fading to off about 4 times causing a disco light
>effect downstairs, just as you are falling off to sleep.
>
>However, I also have some motion sensors that trigger a macro
>that turns outside lights on (indirect) - this works fairly quickly
>in most cases.
>
>So, is it my PC? Is it a software issue with HomeSeer? Is there
>something I can configure? Would an IR sensor on the PC rather
>than the X10 all house code IR unit I'm using help? Would moving
>to something like HomeVision help this at all? Or is it an inherent
>issue with X10 that I need to live with?
>
>Looking for inspiration and help before the other half discovers
this...
>
>Bov!
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