RE: Power triggering

["Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>]

Ah, yes I forgot about that with the LW and LD units as I use a few of
the Leviton switches which *do* transmit an X10 signal.

Sorry for the confusion.

K.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doogie Brodie [mailto:doogiebrodie@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 13 February 2002 13:59
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Power triggering
>
>
> > You can ask the control system to monitor for an X10 signal
> > and then perform actions based on that, but it is not the
> > most reliable (read a bit flaky) way of doing things and
> > requires some trick programming.
> >
> > It's something like that IIRC, but with LW10U's and LM10's
> > they still start at 100% then dim :-(
> >
> > Basically what that does is that if the light is switched on
> > and the controller receives the X10 command to do that then
> > the controller dims the light/s to the desired level...after
> > blinding you ;-)
>
> The problem is, Tony was saying "When SWMBO hits the LW10U switch
go
to
> certain setting (use soft start)" which doesn't generate any
X10.....
> Just does the local switching. Your stuff will only work if its either
> an LD11 or if SWMBO hits a remote RF/whatever switch beside the
> LW10U..... Which just adds more problems to the WAF.... :S With a
remote
> switch, dimming to 0% most of the time and dimming up would work, but
> with the LW10U it just wont go....!
>
> Doogie
>
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