Re: Re: Rabbit talks X10

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

Quick thought...

Could you provide dim level status report via X10 by getting the module to
SEND an X10 Dim command to an unused address that is monitored purely for
status feedback?

something like this: your module is on X10 address B1, so you send a
"Status
request" X10 command to B1. On receiving this, your module replies in
the
normal way (to keep X10 controllers happy), but also send an X10 "dim
72%"
command to address G5 (say). The controller monitoring the line knows that
address G5 is to be interpreted as the value of the dim level for module
B1,
and so updates it status accordingly...

Means that you waste an X10 address for every module you wish to do this
with, but I'm sure with some simple logic, you should be able to set aside
a
single X10 address for *all* status reporting... Also the feature should be
configurable from the web interface so that it can be individually
en/disabled, and the feedback address changed...

Make sense? or am I talking arse again?

Paul G.



>From: "jakl2001uk" <jakl2001uk@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Rabbit talks X10
>Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:49:22 -0000
>
>preset dim level? would each circuit be on a different address?
>
>--- In ukha_d@y..., "Paul Smith"
<wheelbarrowhandle@n...> wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > 	Thought you would like to know that I am well on the way to
> > sussing out a new project. Multi-Dimmer x10 controller with
status
> > response and local control.
> >
> > 	I have never done micro processing before, but the rabbit
>thing
> > is cool.
> >
> > Any one think of anything else I should include. Can they let me
>know.
> >
> >
> > So far I have thought of the following.
> >
> >
> > Local control. On/off and dim/brighten. X10 response with on/off
>and dim
> > level. Separate switch inputs for dim/brighten.
> >
> > Remote control. Responds to X10 on/off dim/brighten and status
>request.
> > Limited as X10 status response is only on/off not dim level.
> >
> > Web Interface. Configuration and control.
> >
> > Up to five circuits per module rated at 2.5Amps each.
> >
> >
> > To over come the limitation of being central to home, plan to
>develop
> > remote modules that require cat5 link.
> >
> > Anything else ?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Paul
>




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