[ukha_d] AD10 - clunks but doesn't always turn on the light ?

[Marcus Warrington <marcusw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ian,

Good to hear your still "soldering" away .. which reminds me I've
(to my

shame) still got one of your prototype relay boards on a shelf in the PC

room.. PM with with your address and I'll get it sent back to you. Did
you ever get it finished and working with xAp ?

Your comment about wiring the local switch to a controller
(HomeVision?); I
assume that you would need to have a mains powered relay involved ? I
guess
it would also introduce an "X10 transmission" delay before the
light
came on.
Since the number of input ports on the HomeVision is limited to 16,
which is
less than the number of light switches I have, I think a better,although
much more
expensive solution, would be to use micro modules to transmit X10 to the
controller.

I wish someone would hurry up and bring out a 240v INSTEON DIN module :)

With regards the AD10,  do those dry contact X10 thingies support local
control
i.e. being able to turn the light on from a light switch ?

Marcus


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Sent: 05 July 2006 14:32
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] AD10 - clunks but doesn't always turn on
the light ?




Hi Marcus

I missed the original post was from yourself. Things are good
here thanks,
busy as always trying to invent things that seem to resent being
invented
;-)

Looks like you are making good headway. It is a long and trying
job that is
for sure.

Anyway, Ignoring the fact that the LD11 will not do so well with
florescents there is a work around for the slow ramp time IIRC.
What you
have to do is wire the light switch to a controller and then get
the
controller to send the direct on command. I know this can be
done as mine
was like this till I changed the command to ramp from off. This
should give
you almost instant on bar the X10 command delay. Depending on
your
situation this may or may not work. One of the nice things is
that you can
apply logic to it for example ramp up in the small hours
otherwise instant
on. You can even emulate the cycling if the input was held for a
time
depending on the power of your controller.

As for you on/off AD10 problem. You could take another route and
for
example use one of those X10 dry contact things to switch a
mains relay.
This would separate the X-10 from the relay so you could sound
proof the
latter a bit better without heat problems. The down side is you
would need
a low voltage source I think for the relay trigger. Have a hunt
round. If
nothing else it will be cheaper to fix the relay if it ever goes
wrong.

HTH

Ian

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Ian,

How are you doing.. :)

Thanks for the info, sounds like i may have a duff AD10 then.

I agree the the LD11 is nicer.. or at least quieter ! That
"CLUNK"
really gets on
my nerves.. in fact I was think of replacing with a micromodule
just to
get a quieter
click.. problem there seems to be they all use conventional
switches not
momentary
switches... Grrrrr !

One thing I don't like about the LD11 is the ramp up time.. I
would much
prefer a
quicker (say .5 second) ramp up time.. I find that I click the
switch as
I enter a room
and have to slightly pause before entering.

Marcus







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