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Title: Activity Monitor entries - What do they mean?
Post by: PajamaGuy on January 02, 2008, 11:01:41 AM

373   01/02/2008 9:23:53 am   Receive RF   C1 On
374   01/02/2008 9:23:54 am   Receive RF   C1 On
375   01/02/2008 9:23:54 am   Receive   C1 (FloodCam)
376   01/02/2008 9:23:54 am   Receive   C On (FloodCam)
377   01/02/2008 9:23:55 am   Receive   C1 (FloodCam)
378   01/02/2008 9:23:55 am   Receive   C On (FloodCam)


414   01/02/2008 9:26:19 am   Receive RF   C1 Off
415   01/02/2008 9:26:20 am   Receive RF   C1 Off
416   01/02/2008 9:26:20 am   Receive   C1 (FloodCam)
417   01/02/2008 9:26:20 am   Receive   C Off (FloodCam)
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HouseCode is "L", Tranceived codes are "A" & "C"

What do the multiple entries mean?  What's the difference between the "Receive C1" and the "Receive C Off"
Would any "Cn" macro have been triggered?

Title: Re: Ativity Monitoe entries - What do they mean?
Post by: MichaelC on January 02, 2008, 06:38:29 PM

An X10 PLC command comes in 2 parts: the address and the command. So, what you're seeing is normal for a powerline command. Modules have to see the address command before they respond to the on, off or dim part.

Title: Re: Activity Monitor entries - What do they mean?
Post by: zach1234 on January 11, 2008, 12:08:07 AM

or some how they are in a loop.

Title: Re: Activity Monitor entries - What do they mean?
Post by: Noam on January 11, 2008, 12:50:59 PM

Do you have more than one RF receiver plugged in?

Title: Re: Activity Monitor entries - What do they mean?
Post by: Charles Sullivan on January 11, 2008, 05:34:59 PM

Almost every X10 RF transmitting device repeats the RF transmission several times.  The number of repeats varies with the device, and for handheld remotes, how long the button is pressed.

It's left up to the transceiving device (whether CM15A or TM751 or RR501) to decide whether there are enough RF repeats to warrant repeating the powerline signal.  For example, the quickest possible tap on a HR12 PalmPad button sends 6 repetitions of the RF signal.  If I remember the number correctly, an RR501 Transceiver will repeat the powerline signal when it receives 8 RF repetitions.