Re: X-10 Active Home?

[David White <whitedavidp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree that they are pretty limited and that the lack of conditionals
is less than optimal. As a programmer, I expect these sorts of things.
Perhaps my needs are not that complex. But I have managed.

John J. Bengii wrote:
> CM-11 macros suck! There are no conditionals. It takes an active computer to
> make it perform worth not getting up and manually turning on the lights.
> This means not setting anything into the CM-11 but using it as a constant
> peripheral.
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> "David White" <whitedavidp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Perhaps if you made it clear what controller/transmitter you were using
>> that would make things more clear. At the minimum, you really only use the
>> USB interface to connect to the computer for downloading macros. Then you
>> can plug it in anywhere.
>>
>> John J. Bengii wrote:
>>> USB?  yuk!
>>>
>>> My transmitter/receiver is at my electrical panel in the garage and my
>>> computer is 100 feet away (by wire length)
>>>
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>>> "David White" <whitedavidp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> Hello JJ.
>>>>
>>>> When you talk about resources being used up, that may really be more a
>>>> function of the controller's on-board memory rather than the software
>>>> which downloads the macros. I have a CM11A and I too had to set my
>>>> resolution lower than I wanted to get things to fit. I believe that the
>>>> newer units (which are USB instead of RS-232) have more memory so that
>>>> may help me out - perhaps you too?
>>>>
>>>> I also don't quite understand what you are saying about macros not
>>>> working for multiple modules. I have single macros which operate on
>>>> multiple receiver modules (with different codes) turning on some and
>>>> turning off others. These macros are downloaded into the CM11A and seem
>>>> to work just fine.
>>>>
>>>> For the record, I have been using Active Home 1.32 and only recently
>>>> moved to version 1.42. It seems that 1.42 is a little better on XP in
>>>> terms of its RS-232 communications. But other than that, they seem
>>>> nearly identical. I doubt these versions of Active Home will work with
>>>> the new USB controller and I am not sure if the new version of Active
>>>> Home that does will work with USB supports the CM11A.
>>>>
>>>> JJ wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using Active Home for my X-10 interface and can't stand it.  Is
>>>>> there better software for controlling my modules?  My biggest
>>>>> complaints are that using 10 modules and the sunrise/sunset commands
>>>>> suck up all the resources and my resolution is such that I can only
>>>>> adjust the timings every 20 days. The other complaint is that macros
>>>>> won't work for multiple modules, just for a simple on command.
>>>>> I used to use X-10 powerhouse but that never interfaced with XP or some
>>>>> other problem which I can't quite recall, its been about 6 years since
>>>>> that worked.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
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