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🖥️ActiveHome Pro => ActiveHome Pro General => Software Problems & Bugs => Topic started by: holger on January 26, 2005, 07:10:40 AM

Title: When AHP/USB is conneted to PC (alive), no RF signals from palmpad are 'relayed' through, is 'X10nets.exe' keeping AHP busy?
Post by: holger on January 26, 2005, 07:10:40 AM

Due to the frequently needed reloads I moved
my AHP H/W, which used to be one floor down
from my PC, nearer to the Computer.
Config is now: CM15A -> USB cable,5m ->
4xUSBHUB -> .7m to the PC USB-port. CM15A is
now permanently left plugged in.

I noticed the following: soon when my PC is
alive after 'boot' and AHP S/W is not
active, no commands get on to the mains
actioned by palmpad. I can monitor this via
a TW523. When I abort the 'X10nets.exe' or
run my PC down, everything is normal again.
I don't think that this is intended.
If one is working for a long time with the
PC, no motion sensor signals will get
through for example.

an answere by X-10 is welcomed.
Holger Fuerst

Title: Re: When AHP/USB is conneted to PC (alive), no RF signals from palmpad are 'relayed' through, is 'X10nets.exe' keeping AHP busy?
Post by: X10 Pro on January 26, 2005, 04:54:28 PM

I've never seen this problem before. If you
start ActiveHome Pro while this is happening,
do you see the RF commands coming in on the
Activity Monitor?

Title: Re: When AHP/USB is conneted to PC (alive), no RF signals from palmpad are 'relayed' through, is 'X10nets.exe' keeping AHP busy?
Post by: holger on January 27, 2005, 10:18:08 AM

'm now at home and did some tests.
when I check the active processes
after 'boot' X10nets' is already active.
When I hit a button, either on a RW724 or
on a palmpad, no control signals are going
to the mains !
Then I started AHP S/W, start of avtivity
monitor, clear the window - hit the same
buttons - you see the incoming RF commands,
but no outgoing commands (I will send to
AHTsupport the reports via E-Mail). Close
AHP, delete X10net from processing list -
eveything is normal again - commands are
going to the various units which are
plugged in the mains-outlets.
I must admid, there are rare cases where on
action is going through once.
On my PC there is also a MultiView S/W
installed (+ CM19A), which I use not so
often.
I noticed during installation of the AHP in
Sept04 - Muliview S/W must run at AHP
installation time, otherwise MultiView will
never run again (at least on my System)!!

Apart from scene on my PC - why do you
start X10nets already at boot time?
I checked the procecess list, deleted the
X10net.exe (gone), started AHP S/W and
X10net apeared again - there seems to be no
need to start it so early - so why?
I do send out the E-Mail very soon.
Holger