Re: [mh] W800RF32 running in W800 mode?

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

Brian,
Did you ever get an answer to this?  If so, please post.


On Sat, 21 May 2005 20:32:51 -0700
mis...@li... wrote:

> Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 13:42:57 -0700
> From: Brian Rudy <br...@pr...>
> Organization: Praecogito
> To:  mis...@li...
> Subject: [mh] W800RF32 running in W800 mode?
> Reply-To: mis...@li...
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I recently encountered a problem with my W800RF32 after upgrading my MH 
> box to Centos 4.0. After the upgrade I was getting a stream of errors 
> from X10_W800.pm that the data it was receiving from the W800RF32 was 
> invalid:
> 
> 
> 05/20/2005 18:41:04  W800: flushing incomplete data: 3231
> 05/20/2005 18:41:26  W800: flushing incomplete data: 3231
> 05/20/2005 18:41:54  W800: flushing incomplete data: 3231
> 
> After analyzing what the W800RF32 was returning with rf32.exe from WGL 
> and a terminal program on one of my Windows boxes it became apparent 
> that it was sending two bytes of data, instead of the usual 4 for 
> standard X10 commands. I ran across a specification for the older W800, 
> and the data my W800RF32 was returning matched this exactly.  It would 
> appear that the W800RF32 had switched to an otherwise undocumented 'W800 
> compatibility mode'. I haven't managed to find any information on others 
> discovering this feature, and it seems to be persistent across 
> power-cycling.
> 
> Has anyone with an W800RF32 on this list run across this issue before?
> 
> -- 
> Brian Rudy  (brudyNO@SPAMpraecogito.com)
> Mad Cow