Re: Looking at how to use the DS10A with other devices

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>"wkearney99" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > Especially when the unit's ID changes whenever the batteries are
>> > changed.
>>
>> When devices do this I try to rearrange things so it just uses the default
>> anyway.  Not always workable.  At the same time I try to make sure nothing
>> else uses the default codes.  That way should the device forget it's
>> address I can trap the sudden appearance of a default code and know to
>> start doing battery checks.
>
>I just started doing the same thing with the X-10 Rex units.  I decided
>rather than keeping them crammed with 8 "C" cells I would assign them each
>their own house code since that part of their setup is done with a standard
>code wheel.  It did take a long time of resetting the damn things before I
>realized I could take advantage of the default tendency in a positive way.

IIRC the DS10A has no default ID. It will pick a random ID when the
batteries are changed. It might even pick one already in use by another
security module since there are only 256 possibilities.