Re: SignaLinc Repeater 3-Wire Dryer - No Dim with Active Home Programs

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Most of the Smarthome lamp modules respond to preset dims. The few that I've
tested interpret microsteps as preset steps of ~3%.

The original 1132B sent "standard" dim/bright. I have no idea whether newer
versions of the 1132 do likewise but there's no reason to expect that they
do not.

The particular coupler/repeater/amplifier used by the OP is "Insteon
friendly". Earlier Smarthome coupler/repeater/amplifiers were not "Insteon
friendly". I do not know what the differences are but it may well be that
whatever they've done to make them "Insteon friendly" has made them
inhospitable to lengthy dim/bright sequences.

The proliferation of non-X10 made but X10 "compatible" products makes
troubleshooting this type of problem problematic. One needs to know the
pedigree of all the players.

Art Todesco <actodesco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>So Dan, things like the 1132CU have
>these similar problems?  The do call
>it "PowerLinc" Controller.  BTW,
>Smarthome did say that they were looking
>at a the DST problem on the 1132,
>however, I am still limping along with a
>homebrewed workaround, i.e. picking a
>timezone west of me and setting it
>out for no DST.  If I could do that, SM
>should be able to fix the problem,
>but I'm still waiting.
>
>> The *Linc products have a history of (shall we say) disagreements with
>> Active Home over the correct interpretation of the X10 protocol.  I see
>> no reason that this has not extended to Active Home Pro.  Unfortunately,
>> while the last area of disagreement was fairly easy to understand I don't
>> see off hand how they could argue about DIM/BRI sequences since pretty much
>> everybody agrees that they are sent back-to-back.  On the other hand, they
>> are really creative with their screw-ups...
>>
>> As always, I would recommend trying an ACT repeater.  They seem to have
>> the functionality down, though there are (were?) some construction issues.
>> If you like you can try my spare/repaired CR230.
>>
>> 				Dan Lanciani
>> 				ddl@danlan.*com