Re: No more X10 at Radio Shack?

[Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:33:11 +0000, Dan Lanciani wrote:

> In article <pan.2006.12.06.23.37.24.901638@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Charles Sullivan) writes:
>
> | The AM14A Appliance Module is supposed to report whether of not
> | the load is connected, but is buggy and (almost) always reports
> | that the load is connected when it's not.
>
> You know that the AM14A can determine whether the load is connected
> only when the relay is off, right?
>
> 				Dan Lanciani
> 				ddl@danlan.*com

Yes, that too, but...

What I've found is that the only time an extended status_ack from
a PLM22/AM14A module will report "no load" is:

1. Immediately after applying AC power to the module, with
nothing plugged into the module and the module initially Off.
  -- or --
2. If a load is unplugged from the module while the module is in
the Off state.

Once the module has been turned on with no load connected, it
continues to report that a load _is_ connected after the module
is turned off again.

I've checked several different units and gotten the same results.
Under the circumstances, the load-reporting feature of these
appliance modules is practically worthless.

By contrast, the load-reporting of the LM14A Lamp Module seems
to be reliable.

Regards,
Charles Sullivan