Re: Reliability

["Andy Bovingdon" <bov@xxxxxxx>]

Just a "little bit faster" or a lot faster?

Is there a way to tune a WinXP PC so that HS is always in memory
and ready to go?

----- Original Message -----
From: <steve.cooper@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Reliability


>
> 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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Bovingdon"          
To:     <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
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<bov@tarantel        cc:
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Subject:     [ukha_d] Reliability
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18/04/02
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11:52
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Please
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respond to
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ukha_d
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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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