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

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"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.

--
Bobby G.