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Ardi:
I have 5 security photocell beams installed.  When one of photocells are tripped, it generates an N.O./N.C. signal (non-voltage contact output; contact capacity 28VDC and 0.2A (max.)
   
Depending on which photocell beam is broken, I turn on the outside flood light for that face of the house.  I do not turn on all flood lights for all around the house at the same time, meaning that I like to keep the output from the photocell beams separated from each other. This part works fine.  I use 5 PSC01 for this purpose.
   
The Q. is, I like to purchase something like dry contact splitter which has 5+ input and one output, so that I do not connect the 5 photocells wires (which has the output from photocells) into a single wire, and then not know which photocell was tripped.
   
And then use the output of the splitter, to turn on something else (like a DVR camera recorder).
   
Thanks

p.s. 
I tried to use a UM506, but that did not work, since UM506 generates an output which goes from 0-volt to 1-volt, which is not the same as what the Photocell beams outputs, when they are tripped, and wakes up PSC01 (with the input switch set to B)

Brian H:
The UM506 has a dry contact output switch.
It can not be triggered by a dry contact across its output.
It is turned On and Off by an X10 command to its X10 Address.
There should be no voltage on the output screws if it is not connected to anything.

If you are measuring it connected to something. You maybe reading the connected devices input sensing voltage.

Brian H:
If I read the question correctly.

You want to keep the 5 photo cells individually controlling a flood light through its own PSC01.
While also taking all the outputs from the photo cells and anyone can then trigger another device. Through some type of 5 input to one output device?

One thing to keep in mind.
Each PSC01 has a sensing voltage on it when in "B" so the dry contacts can trigger it. This voltage may have to be taken into consideration.

Ardi:
Hi Brian,
(Step a) I am connecting each of the 5 photocell beams output --> to 5 different PSC01 input --> to generate 5 different X10 command --> to turn on 5 different projector flood light around the house.  This works perfectly, and no issue there.

(Step b) Now my challenge is, I need a SINGLE output, which represent any of ANY of the 5 photocell beam is triggered.  This single output will be used to turn on a DVR to record the event, for example, or to turn on a chime.  I do not want to connect to 5 different DVR or 5 different chime.

If I connect all of the 5 output wires from the photocell beams into a SINGLE wire, this will work, and the (Step b) will work fine, but now (Step a) will not work, since now all of the 5 flood lights will turn on, if any the photocell beam is triggered.

Thanks

JeffVolp:
You may be able to use diodes to common the outputs to a single control for the DVR.

Jeff

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