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[flavio silva]

Roger and Brian,

Ok, this one is gonna be a very stupid
question... There it goes:

Say I buy the "V572A - Whole House
Transceiver", ok? Say I have a macro stored
in CM15a as M1. Say I use a palmpad to send
an M1 command by RF. V572a will take the RF
and translate it to a X10 M1 command and
send it through the powerline. right? Now,
the question: Will the CM15A trigger the M1
macro?

Thanks!

Flavio

[roger1818]

Flavio: Thanks!  I have some updates to
the tutorials that I haven't got around to
releasing yet.  When I do I will be sure
and post it on this forum.

[flavio silva]

Roger,

Please, do that!! Better yet. My email is
skier@pobox.com. If you could just send
them, I'd apreciate it.

Did you read my stupid question down
below?

Flavio

[roger1818]

Flavio:  I hadn’t read your question (I
won’t call it stupid as the only stupid
question is the one you don’t ask).

The answer to your question is yes.  The
CM15a will trigger macros received via RF
or the powerline.  There is one caveat
though.  There was a bug (undocumented
feature?) in some newer versions of AHP (I
am not sure if the latest version has it or
not) that would cause macros received via
RF to be run even if that housecode is not
to be transceived.  As a result if both the
V572A and the CM15A receive the RF command,
the macro might be run twice.  This problem
could happen with any of the solutions you
are talking about.

[flavio silva]

Roger,

Here I am annoying you again...

I think I'll buy the ACT coupler/repeater.

In its manual, it refers to "Signal
Carrying Conductor Lines" - SCC...
I have no idea on what this is... My box
has 3 phases plus the neutral wire. Should
I just disable the coupler for SCCs?

Thanks

Flavio

[roger1818]

Flavio:  No problem!

You can safely ignore the SCC lines.  They
are used in complex (typically industrial)
installations where the signal needs to be
bridged from one transformer to another.
In that case you would have a separate
coupler/repeater for each transformer
(coupling the phases on each one) and
connect them together with the SCC lines.

When you say your box has 3 phases, are you
talking about your electrical panel or your
coupler/repeater?  Most homes only have 2
phases and so you should get a 2-phase
coupler/repeater (CR230, CR234 or CR254).
A 3-phase coupler/repeater should only be
used if you have a 3-phase electrical
system.  Which model of coupler/repeater
are you looking at?