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Title: More triggers
Post by: dave on December 24, 2005, 06:21:30 AM

I would like to have access to more
triggers in smart macros:
[all off], [all lights on], [dim], [bright]
I would also like to have a function
available for "ALL LIGHTS OFF" which is a
real command used in the powerflash module
and listed in programming guides.  Please
let us have access to this!  It would be
very useful in a macro after an all lights
on command to add a delay and then turn
them off without turning off appliance
modules with "all off".

Title: Re: More triggers
Post by: Charles Sullivan on December 29, 2005, 09:38:30 PM

The ALL_LIGHTS_OFF command is supported only
by the LM14A 2-way Lamp Module and several of
Smarthome's __Linc modules.  Standard X10
Lamp Modules like the LM465 do not respond to
this command.

Title: Re: More triggers
Post by: dave on December 31, 2005, 04:27:15 PM

I don't know how that can be true becaue
the powerflash module flashes the lights
only and will not turn on/off any appliance
modules that are on the house code.  This
is something that I have known since the
1980s when I bought the "plug n power"
interface from Radio Shack.

Title: Re: More triggers
Post by: Charles Sullivan on December 31, 2005, 06:27:26 PM

I'm not sure what kind of PowerFlash you
have, but my PSC01 (in mode 2) flashes the
lights with a sequence of repeated All-Off
and All-Lights-On commands.  The first thing
that happens is all the modules, including
Appliance Modules, turn off.

If I specifically send the All-Lights-Off
command, it's true that Wall Switch modules
turn off but the only plug-n lamp modules
which turn off are the LM14A and a LampLinc
dimmer.  The LM465 plug-in lamp modules and a
similar 1997-vintage Radio Shack Plug 'n
Power lamp module remain on.