Re: Suggestions for X10/Automation Widgets

["Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx>]

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> <more stuff snipped>
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> I was the OP on that segment of the question.  The CM15A can act as a
> whole-house RF blocker if modified to look for a preamble to each code and
> just ignoring commands without it.
>
> My real need is to enable a standard X-10 8-in-1 remote (UR24) to be able
to
> send commands on all housecodes without resorting to reprogramming the
> remote's housecode each time.

Dave is the expert on how the RF links work.  The wired controllers send
each digit as it is pressed.  That way you can gain the attention of several
modules and switch them all with a single ON or OFF.

Apparently, even though the sequence [5] [6] [OFF] is pressed on a UR24,
only the [6] [OFF] is transmitted.  The palmpads must work that way too
because the number & function are combined on 1 button.

To deal with this, it would consume 1 button in the default housecode to
access each additional housecode.  For example [5] [ON] followed quickly by
[6] [ON] could turn housecode E unit 6 on, if that was the mapping you
wanted.  But there is no reason you couldn't map the first digit to an area
of the house, and the second digit to a particular module in that area.  The
RF translator described in another thread could map any 2 digit pair to any
housecode unit pair.

It would be easier if the UR24 transmitted digits as they are pressed, but
we will have to work with what they do.

I hope this didn't confuse everybody more.

Jeff