Re: Hail request?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

That's the one I was trying to recall.

ACT also used it to configure some of their A10 devices.

Thinking Home (?) which is Mac software for the CM11A responds to
Hail_Request. As I recall the response is unconventional.

Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>PCS uses the Hail_Request and Hail_Ack signals to implement a
>0.5% micro-dim/bright in their dimmers.
>    <http://www.hometech.com/acrobat/tech_note_2.pdf>
>If that's the source of Doug's log entry, one would expect to
>see a _lot_ of them.
>
>X10's CM15A firmware responds to a Hail_Request with a Hail_Ack,
>but always on housecode A (unless they've since fixed the
>firmware). I've never seen it send a Hail_Request by itself.
>
>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:48:59 +0000, Dave Houston wrote:
>
>> It could mean another controller is checking to see whether anybody is using
>> the B housecode. That was X-10's intention. Few implementations use it.
>>
>> These days (post X-10's patent expiration) it might mean that some third
>> party is using it in a non-conventional way. I vaguely recall seeing
>> something recently that was using it but cannot recall the details.
>>
>> Or it might just be the detritus from a powerline collision between two
>> valid X-10 signals. While rare, it does happen.
>>
>> How often do you see it?
>>
>> Have you recently added some new X-10 gizmo?
>>
>> "Doug Fitzpatrick" <gdfitzpat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm looking at my Homseer Event log and see "B Hail Request". What
>>>does that mean? Thanks