Re: x10 connector and state unknown!

["lasses nilsson" <lasse10@xxxxxxxxx>]

thank u for the info
I assumed that the connector could check the state since the
application that came with the X10 stuff could.


//Lasse


--- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, "Edward Pearson"
<edward.mailgroup@...> wrote:
>
> James is correct - until an X10 command for the device has been
> observed the current state cannot be determined. On the 'to-do'
list
> for the connector is to have the ability either for the connector
to
> make an assumption for each X10 device about its state at startup
> (optionally persisted between connector sessions) - useful for
> rarely changed devices or for the connector to ensure a particular
> state for a device by sending a command.
>
>
> --- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, James <james@> wrote:
> >
> > aiui, you will get an unknown state until a device is controlled
(
> by
> > xAP or x10).  The trouble is that the connector cannot query the
> current
> > state of a x10 device at startup and as it doesn't know the
state
> it
> > reports state as unknown.  As soon as it sends an x10 command to
> the
> > unit, or hears an x10 command sent to the unit, the connector
> would now
> > know the state and you should find the sate becoming Onoff in
the
> xAP
> > messages
> >
> > hth
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> > lasses nilsson wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > I was wondering if anybody knows why I get state unknown all
the
> > > time in the hub from the X10 connector. I want to use the
state
> in
> > > another application, but all I get is unknown. Is this
fixable?
> > > I got the X10 connector from here.
> > > http://www.xapautomation.org/wiki/index.php/xAP_X10_Connector
> > >
> > > xap-header
> > > {
> > >     v=12
> > >     hop=1
> > >     uid=FF102001
> > >     class=xAPBSC.info
> > >     source=ERSP.X10.dreambox:BioRum.Slang
> > > }
> > > output.state
> > > {
> > >     state=?
> > >     displaytext=Info: BioRum.Slang state unknown
> > > }
> > >
> > > regards
> > >
> > > Lasse
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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