Re: MBasic XOUT command with Extended code

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Unless something has changed recently you'll have to write your own low
level routine. The XOUT command doesn't know about extended codes.

A few years back I offered to help them redo it to handle extended codes but
they never responded. I'm not sure they understood the issue.

"spudhorse" <spudhorse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Sheesh. Why are things always so hard? I'm using MBasic and have had
>lights flashing all through the house for the last few days with the
>XOUT command but I'm stumped when it comes to the Extended commands. I
>have one lousy Leviton 6381 I need to dim and I've made gazillions of
>guesses but I've come up with zip. I can turn the lights on and off
>with x_on and x_off but I haven't found a way to dim the silly thing
>yet.
>
>I have a copy of the "Standard and Extended X-10 Code Formats" (XCT798)
>so I have a few clues to what to put in the XOUT command but ---
>
>For standard X-10 commands, XOUT DataPin\ZeroPin, House {{Unit},
>{Modifiers} Keycode}
>works just fine.
>
>For extended commands, there's the EXTENDED keycode along with two
>additional bytes (as well as the Unit).
>
>Anyone have an idea about the format for XOUT to use an EXTENDED code?
>If you're using the Basic Stamp with an EXTENDED code, that format
>might help me as well.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mark