Re: ActiveHome Pro, Remote Controls, and Appliances

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

You need to select the housecodes to be "tranceived" and store them in the
interface.

donquixote235 <donquixote235@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I just got an X10 kit today, and I've been playing with it all night.  I've
>got a problem that's pretty frustrating, and I can't really find anything
>pertinent on the web.
>
>Whenever I use any of the three remotes supplied with the kit (HR12A
>remote, SS13A StyleSwitch, KR19A slimfire remote) to try to turn on my lamp
>module, the ActiveHome software recognizes the signal, and "throws" the
>graphical image of the lightswitch into the on or off position as the case
>may be.  However the light doesn't actually come on or go off.  If I click
>the switch graphic using my mouse button, the light works fine.
>
>I thought it may have been a line-of-sight issue at first, but I've put the
>remote mere inches away from the lamp module, and from the ActiveHome
>module as well.  Again, the same problem... the main module recognizes it,
>but the lamp module won't.  I also tried changing from the lamp module to a
>screw-in module, and to an appliance module, all with the same degree of
>suggess, i.e. none.  In every case, the software recognizes the remote, but
>the appliance won't.
>
>Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
>
>-Scott