Re: X10 General Question

[Bin Daire Dunnat <Someone@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:54:17 -0500, "Robert Green" <@YAH00.COM> used
recycled pixels to say:

>"Bin Daire Dunnat" <Someone@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Do I at least get an "A" for effort?  Willingness to help?  hehehe!
>
>Sorry.  You get only a C for effort because your instructions were
>incorrect:
>
>    Now if I want to set it to the B code, press and hold the
>    HOUSE/ON code until you get a blink.  One blink means
>    it is set to "A".  Once you see the blink, press the HOUSE/ON
>    button twice and hold on the 2nd press, until you get 3 blinks back.
>    Your house code is set.
>
>You won't get three blinks back from setting the unit to housecode B, you'll
>only get two.  So, you lose one letter grade for not nailing down the
>correct answer and another letter grade for the incorrect answer being wrong
>in the details.
>
>You also got these details wrong:
>
>    For the motion detector - assuming it's a Hawkeye, keep in mind
>    that the motion sensor will send out two codes, one for motion
>    and the other for the actual code you want to use.  So if you wish
>    the motion detector to turn on a lamp B4.   Then when motion is
>    sensed, both B4 and B5 will get an "On" signal!  So careful
>
>Both units will NOT turn on as you describe.  The +1 code would turn on B5
>at dusk and off again at dawn.  In fact, it's likely that if the two units
>see each other, if B5 was on and you turned on B4, B5 would do the exact
>opposite of what you've written.  It would think dawn had arrived and thus
>get an OFF signal from the Hawkeye that's set to B4.  Still think you should
>get a "A"? :-)
>
>Aside from those two errors, there's even the more egregious posting
>off-topic political stuff into a technically-oriented newsgroup.   That
>earns you an F in netiquette.  Your GPA is now 1.0.  Don't plan on attending
>any Ivy League colleges.  :-)
>
>You *have* raised your grade a bit by apologizing to the group for sowing
>the
>seeds of an off-topic flame war.  Now you can raise it a bit more by moving
>the
>religio-socio-political stuff to where it belongs if you really must indulge
>yourself.  I've suggested:  news:alt.outer-polk.salad.annie  I'll be happy
>to join you there and debate why religion is the greatest fomenter of hatred
>that mankind has ever seen.
>
>> Tag Line: Politically Correct: Means Always Having To Say You're Sorry.
>
>Well, not always, but certainly on occasion.

Oh well!  It's my poor "over 18 years old" memory.  I tried it from
memory....

This Old Fart signing off...  ;)


Tag Line: Politically Correct: Means Always Having To Say You're Sorry.