Re: Wired Dimming / Switching

["egelbeertje" <r_d_k@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mal,

I had the same problem - all decorated up but still access through
the loft.
I pulled in some 2 extra wires from the switch to the ceiling rose
and put an LD11/AD10 in a din box in the loft. (did this for 5 rooms)
This gives me instant on (in case of the AD10) and pc control via x10.
It was rather painfull pulling these extra wires through existing
tubing though - but it saved me a lot of $$ not buying the
micromodules And SWMBO only noticed the difference after a while ;-)

rgds,
Rob.

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mal Lansell" <mlansell@f...> wrote:
> It's a tricky one, because the cord is connected to a micro module,
which
> sends X10 signals to a wired dimming module.  Holding the cord is
supposed
> to do the dimming...
>
> The current system is an (expensive) alternative to an LD11, but
with a lag
> instead of a soft start.  Sigh.
>
> All I ever wanted was instant on full bright, instant off control
>from
> pull cord, with holding the cord for dimming.  The module used to
exist
> (LD10) then some bright spark decided to replace it and that soft
start was
> a "feature", and not the guest-unfreindly annoyance that
I've found
to be
> :-(
>
> Still, I'm sure everyone in this group has had enough of me
whinging about
> that by now ;-)
>
> Mal
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@a...>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 9:59 AM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Wired Dimming / Switching
>
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mal Lansell  Sent: 09 March 2004 09:42
> > >
> > > The main problem I've been having with X10 is the lag with
the
> > > bathroom lights.  For some reason, guests seem able to cope
> > > with it when
> > > using a push button, but if a pull cord doesn't get an
> > > instant response, it
> > > gets yanked again!  Fixing that is enough for me at the
moment.
> >
> > Mal,
> >
> > Not wanting to discourage you from automating anything, but . . .
can you
> fit a timer/relay to the pull cord so that even though it's yanked
multiple
> times, the X10 module only sees the initial pull. The timer
wouldn't have to
> for be long, just enough to get over the X10 delay you've got.
> >
> > Just a thought :-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Tim H.
> >
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