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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => User Modified Devices => Topic started by: KBradley on March 27, 2009, 09:17:18 AM
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I would like to disable local access on the XPR-W Dual Receptacle. Wanted BOTH outlets to be X10 controlled, not one like on the SR227A. I would like to make sure that someone can not simply turn on/off a device plugged into the outlet to overide the "off" signal and turn it on. I only want it to be controlled by a proper X10 signal.
I know there are instructions online for disabling the local control on an Appliance Module -
see: http://kbase.x10.com/wiki/Local_Control_for_Lamp_And_Appliance_Modules
However, not sure if the board/layout on the XPR-W is the same??? I haven't opened up the switch back yet to look (just came in yesterday). Has anyone tried this? Note: I don't want to do the "plug a night light into one of the receptacles trick" either. Any ideas/experience with this????
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However, not sure if the board/layout on the XPR-W is the same???
Well I just opened one up and its very much NOT the same as the SR227 / Appliance Module - no where close. B:(
BTW modified a number of SR227 / AM466 successfully using these instructions - which are more detailed than the ones you point to...
http://www.x10community.com/marko/2006/06/disabling_the_local_control_fe.html (http://www.x10community.com/marko/2006/06/disabling_the_local_control_fe.html)
Two stacked boards not one; and they are soldered together with the components each board facing inwards - so without getting out the soldering iron can't even start to look to see how different the boards are. B:(
Did you ever manage to turn of local control? Any experience to share! :'
Cheers
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The new CFL friendly Appliance Modules are 100% different. So the modifications that work on older ones will not on the present models.