Re: Decora HCPRF WAS: Re: UPB, etc. WAS: Need some antenna advice...

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

Hmm.  There's lots of opportunity for mayhem on the powerline.  How can BPL
be (apparently) so much more reliable at slinging incredibly greater data
streams?

--
Bobby G.

> Another point that should be made is that powerline collisions sometimes
> result in valid codes that differ from either of the originals but can
> affect other devices in the X-10 address space. In these cases there will
be
> valid signals of unknown origin in the logs. The original Ocelot firmware
> would detect collisions but did not report them. I convinced ADI that,
they
> needed to report any that resulted in valid X-10 commands. I shudder to
> think of the phantom event reports we'd be seeing if they had stayed with
> the original firmware. ;)
>
> It's also possible for power spikes and brownouts to directly affect X-10
> modules and switches. In these case there will be no codes in the logs.
>
> Finally, with SmartHome selling the two-way *Linc devices that send their
> own Address and On/Off codes when the load is cycled, there will be codes
> logged. As we've seen, these can apparently be fooled by things like motor
> noise.
>
> SmartHome also uses the old style preset dim codes which can mysteriously
> affect modules in other housecodes.