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💬General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: BackAgain on December 21, 2024, 07:30:28 PM
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Last post was in 2018? Really?
Oh well.
System has been working fine. A few bugs here and there, but most original X-10 modules are still going.
But, question time. After holding off for so long, I guess it's time for a new PC and slogging though figuring out Win 11
So, among all the other problems I'll need to work out, one is what to do with Active Home? Will it even work on 11? If so, what about the whole deal with getting it registered with the Lifejacket hack?
Oh yeah, had a weird problem with one wall switch module y'all might find funny.
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Active Home or Active Home Pro?
You mentioned Lifejacket hack.
So you are using Active Home Pro?
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Uh, yeah.
Pro.
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I just loaded AHP pro on my new Win 11 laptop and it works just fine without being registered. Just get the reg page at startup. Did the download from x10.com.
Kept the old Win 10 machine for now as a backup...
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Although I don't have Windows 11 to test, the lifejacket method to register and unlock some of the plugins should still work.
I suspect you'll need to run it as an administrator >!
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I'd really rather not do the Lifejacket hack thing of swapping serial numbers on a brand new machine.
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You can use your own registration using your own file from your old PC
You don't even need to use lifejacket You can do the tasks yourself manualy.
But you should understand the AHP installer from x10 is a hack as well as the original servers which held all AHP data was lost.
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^^^ I'm hoping I can just copy the entire folder, config and all.
I may still have the CD, but new PCs don't have optical drives.
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You can just copy the 10 folders over but that's will just give you the unregistered version. The registration is tied to the computer Id so unless you change that prior to copying the files your registered copy will become unregistered. >!
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You can use your own registration using your own file from your old PC
You don't even need to use lifejacket You can do the tasks yourself manualy.
But you should understand the AHP installer from x10 is a hack as well as the original servers which held all AHP data was lost.
I don't really understand what you're trying to tell me.
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If your against using hacks to gain AHP on your new PC. Then the only way to get it on your new PC is by copying it over from your old one. I'm not even sure if the install CD would work as I believe it made AHP connect to the internet and those X10 servers no longer exist. I believe only the forum and some old code was retreived from the old X10WTI servers.
The AHP installer on the X10 sales site is one I created using a patchwork of my AHP and some old x10 installer code.
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Yes, but then you say the files won't be registered.
That's my conundrum. I want to copy them (and not do the Lifejacket hack), but I want them to work also.
I don't care so much about any of the plug ins since none of them work other than Smart Macro which I don't use.
I just want AHPro to work and operate my devices as scheduled.
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The lifejacket program replaces one file and changes the computer id. The id is what is needed for the registration. There are several programs available that allow you to do this. I believe there is even one offered by Microsoft. If the nag to register doesn't bother you then there is no need to change it.
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Not working.
Copied/pasted the entire folder.
Click on the exe and it wants to unzip
I let it do that and click on the exe in the new folder created by unzipping.
Nothing happens.
Must be missing a step. Or adding one.
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You need more then just the AHP folder. If you read the lifejacket thread I believe it points you to files and folders required. >!
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I installed AHPPro raw from the installer I had ... 3.3.18 or whatever.
Now I just have to get the new install to read my config file for devices, rooms, timers, etc.
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Guess I overstayed my welcome ... like usual.
Swung the USB cable for the controller over to the new PC and AHP recognized it. I only had about a dozen modules, so I just recreated those. No complicated timers or macros on the old. Set new timers. Seem to have full operation from AHP.
Still have the issue that sometime a module gets a command and sometimes not, but that isn't the software.
Oh well.
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Guess I overstayed my welcome ... like usual.
Never!
Glad to see you have AHP working on your new PC. Happy new years >!
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I use Linux Mint and no longer use AHP or any Windows Operating Systems..
So I could not add to your questions.
No you did not overstay your being here.
I am glad you got it working.
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I use Linux Mint and no longer use AHP or any Windows Operating Systems..
I also no longer use AHP as I suspect is true for most users here. As for Windows I barely use it either.
I do still use the CM15A however.
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Being a dinosaur I still use both Windows and AHP and also the CM15A. I only have a simple set of lighting timers and one macro though ;-)
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Seeing some weirdness.
AHP will trigger some modules, but not all. It will turn off a module that it won't turn on. Even clicking the tile in the AHPro display will not always turn a module on that it will turn off. Yes, there is a lot of noise in my system as well as wireless networking and Bluetooth.
But my 6 - in -1 universal remote UR-19A (yes it still works) has no problem triggering any module on or off. I can turn one on and when the timer set in AHPro fires, the module will turn off.
AHPro set for P1 on at 1700, off at 2300
P1 does not turn on at 1700 by timer.
I turn it on with UR19A
P1 turns off at 2300 by timer.
Why will AHPro turn a module off that it will not turn on?
This is sort of new with the new installation. It had been working well with the old install. Maybe I should download that to the plug in unit again to see what happens.
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Is the CM15A also being used for the UR19A or a separate RF Transceiver?
If separate are they in different locations and maybe different circuits?
If the problem modules are dimmers. Are they soft start?
Have you chosen the correct module in the module list?
If you pick soft start on an old type module. It could be the on command is not correct.
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Same. Only one.
Basically in the same room and circuit.
Not all are dimmers, but those that are are older ones. Some are appliance modules.
I selected from the older non-soft start, but noticed that the color of the tab at the top of the tiles changed from black to light blue.
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Deleted and recreated them. Headers stayed black and a couple more work better, but not all.
I'll just have to play with them a bit I guess.
Strangeness.
But what's it been? Most of 20 years? Kind of surprised they still work at all.
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I ran into similar wierdness with X10 when I Plugged in my Laptop after changing my system from Win 10 with activehome pro to Raspberry Pi with HomeGenie. Several units would behave erratically or not at all. Eventually I noticed everything worked when the laptop was unplugged. I was told to order an XPFF and install it between the plugin and the laptop power supply. Everythig went back to the way it was. I now have these filters on several power supplies and have not needed to stress since. If you have a laptop see if running on battery makes a difference.
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I believe some here.
Go back to still working BSR modules. :)