RE: Heeeellllp! HomeVision is killing me!!!

["Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>]

Andy try something like:

 

If

            X10 B3 is off

            And Flag “X10: B3” is cleared

Then

            X10 C2: ON

End

 

That way HV will look for the module to be off and the flag to be cleared before sending the X10 signal, but if either condition is not met then it shouldn’t go any further. Conversely, you can do the same thing in reverse for an off command.

 

I had the problem with one or two things, doing it this way stopped it dead.

 

Sorry if I’m a bit late I’m still catching up! ;-)

 

HTH

 

K.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Bovingdon [mailto:bov@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 10 May 2002 22:32
To: Ukha_D@Yahoogroups. Com
Subject: [ukha_d] Heeeellllp! HomeVision is killing me!!!
Importance: High

 

 

My hair is coming out real fast here. Got home at a decent time

and thought I'd have another go at getting my new HomeVision

toy running - but I'm back to HomeSeer again.

 

Problem is as follows:

 

I have an RF key fob button (B3) with an ON action which turns a

light (C2) on and then off - nice and simple. When I press the button

the light does indeed come on and go of but then it does it again

and again and... The HV S/W tells me that it keeps receiving the

B3 ON signal over and over. If I send an OFF it seems to stop

it. Same happens with 2 external motion detectors I have, but

an internal one does not seem to have the same effect.

 

I then put a condition at the top of the B3 ON action that

checks if a flag is clear and only if it is will it run the light on/off.

After this runs it sets the flag. So next time round it does not enter

the condition and it does not turn the light on/off. Now when I

trigger the fob button I see the B3 ON command and the light

goes on/off then I get a second B3 ON command show up but

the light does not go on/off and no further B3 ON's appear. I can

now press the button and only see single B3 ON's. If I clear the

flag and press it I see 2 again and the light goes on/off.

 

It's as if turning the light on/off is causing some form of echo to

occur, which without the flag and condition is causing a loop

to happen.

 

HomeSeer is turned off during all this, I do have an all house IR

unit plugged in along with 2 RF receivers (one in the house, one

in the garage). The only other stuff I have is the lamp and appliance

modules and naturally the HomeVision unit.

 

Has anyone else seen this? Any ideas before I go totally bald?

 

Bov!

 

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Andrew Bovingdon
Director, Product Marketing
Tarantella
bov@xxxxxxx
+44 7768 877170

 

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