[misterhouse-users] Re: misterhouse-users digest, Vol 1 #2135 - 2 msgs

[Charles S. <cws...@tr...>]

> Message: 2
> Date: Fri,  2 Apr 2004 19:12:57 -0600
> From: "Tarah Hofmann" <ta...@am...>
> To: <mis...@li...>
> Subject: [misterhouse-users] CM11 consumes x10 signals
> Reply-To: mis...@li...
> 
> Hi All,
> Originally, I programmed my CM11 via activehome and all of my macros are "fast".  This serves as a backup plan for motion sensors (e.g. front door) so the lights will still come on even if my linux box with misterhouse is down, which happens when I "play" with it. :)  
> 
> However, since I started using the OccupancyMonitor in earnest, I notice that the signals for the motion sensors defined in the CM11's memory don't get through to misterhouse.  For instance, I'll see a outside_motion = dark or light signal in misterhouse, but never a motion/still signal if the x10 address for outside_motion is in the CM11's memory.
> 
> Has anyone else seen this happen?  Thanks in advance,
> 
> Tarabyte

This is a "feature" of the CM11A.  An X10 power line signal which triggers a macro
stored in the CM11A's EEPROM is not reported back to the system.  The only
thing reported is that a macro at EEPROM address NNN has been executed.

It is possible to reconstruct the signal if the EEPROM memory image is preserved
in a file, but a MH script would have to be written to do this.  The latest
alpha release of the program 'heyu2' (for Linux/Unix/OS X) does this when it
uploads a schedule to the EEPROM.  See: heyu2.alpha-5 at http://heyu.tanj.com/heyu2 

Regards,
Charles Sullivan