Re: Parallel Placement of X10 modules question - status reporting

["egelbeertje" <r_d_k@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ian,

But everytime you manually press the switch, you also will send this
signal to the dim controller micromodule - which if set to the same
x10 address as the ld11 will update the ld11 no ??
If homeseer sets the light level of the ld11, this should then
theoretically also update the micromodule with that same address.

just thinking out loud since I absolutely need to keep the foolproof
wired solution.

or is it me ?

ROb.


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, ian.bird@... wrote:
>
>
> I suspect this will not work as you expect. I use the manual
control on my
> LD11 in the kitchen quite frequently and the light level (dim
factor) is
> not predictable depending on other factors. An example of this is
when
> Homevision turns the light off from a dimmed state. I then turn it
back on
> manually with a single click. It comes onto the original setting
which is
> too dark as it is after midnight. I then press and hold to get to a
> brighter light and sometimes it goes straight up to brighter and
sometimes
> back to 0 then up to bright. I suspect this is something to do with
the
> previous state of the light but it has never been a problem so I
have not
> thought about it too hard.
>
> I use a light level sensor to monitor the dim factor although this
is more
> for ambient light than actual dim level.
>
> Of course what you really need is some micro controller based
device that
> can measure the chopped amount of the mains sine wave to indicate
the
> almost exact dim level. Sadly this is an idea that no one to my
knowledge
> has looked into.
>
> Ian
>
>
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> Hi,
>
> having installed a bunch of LD11 dimmers I was thinking of adding
> status report in the form of a micromodule hooked up in parallel to
the
> input momentary switch of the dimmer. This should effectively give
me
> an on/off/dim level signal when the ld11 is activated manually.
> This signal then fed back into homeseer should give me exact status
of
> the dimmer - or is it?
>
> any thoughts about this or somebody else experienced ?
>
> rgds Rob
>