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🖥️ActiveHome Pro => ActiveHome Pro General => Topic started by: Ericmil8 on August 15, 2009, 11:19:28 PM
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A lot of people have been asking about x10 soft start modules. some want them to turn on with no delay, or to match their old modules. Using extended codes you can enter a direct dim command using a macro. you can also turn modules on to full brightness with no delay.
In the macro window insert a extended command. enter the House and Module codes of the soft start device you would like to control.
Command Byte
0x31 = set Dim on 1 specific module.
0x33 = set Dim on all unites on that house code
0x34 = turn all units on that house code off.
For Data Byte you enter a hex value. The table below equates it to a dim value. The most important one below is 3F which turns the module on to 100% with no soft start.
To match old modules enter 2 extended commands one to turn the module on to 100% immediately then dim back down using the second extended command.
Data Byte:
Hex Dec Percent
0x00 0 OFF
0x01 1 2%
0x02 2 3%
0x03 3 5%
0x04 4 6%
0x05 5 8%
0x06 6 10%
0x07 7 11%
0x08 8 13%
0x09 9 15%
0x0A 10 16%
0x0B 11 18%
0x0C 12 19%
0x0D 13 21%
0x0E 14 23%
0x0F 15 24%
0x10 16 26%
0x11 17 27%
0x12 18 29%
0x13 19 31%
0x14 20 32%
0x15 21 34%
0x16 22 35%
0x17 23 37%
0x18 24 39%
0x19 25 40%
0x1A 26 42%
0x1B 27 44%
0x1C 28 45%
0x1D 29 47%
0x1E 30 48%
0x1F 31 50%
0x20 32 52%
0x21 33 53%
0x22 34 55%
0x23 35 56%
0x24 36 58%
0x25 37 60%
0x26 38 61%
0x27 39 63%
0x28 40 65%
0x29 41 66%
0x2A 42 68%
0x2B 43 69%
0x2C 44 71%
0x2D 45 73%
0x2E 46 74%
0x2F 47 76%
0x30 48 77%
0x31 49 79%
0x32 50 81%
0x33 51 82%
0x34 52 84%
0x35 53 85%
0x36 54 87%
0x37 55 89%
0x38 56 90%
0x39 57 92%
0x3A 58 94%
0x3B 59 95%
0x3C 60 97%
0x3D 61 98%
0x3E 62 100%
0x3F 63 Immediate
For more information on soft start modules and programming scenes see boilers post http://forums.x10.com/index.php?topic=16648.0
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Thank you for the information and time it took to collect this data. It will be a great help to others. #:)
A Helpfull Post from me.
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Many thanks Ericmil8.
Finally able to understand the Extended code, tried it out and was very easy to setup at last. This is definitely a Favorite for Ref for me.
A "Thank for Help" gladly given. :)%
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Eric,
Thank you for taking the time to detail the codes VS dim %. Far more user friendly. Something I always meant to get back to...
Boiler
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One minor correction to this excellent post:
Command code 0x33 is actually an All_Units_On function, affecting both appliance and dimmer extended code modules on the housecode. For a dimmer, it has the same effect as command code 0x31, data byte 0x3F, i.e., immediate on to full brightness.
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Thanks
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I thought most X10 devices ignored the uncommonly used All Units On Command.
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I thought most X10 devices ignored the uncommonly used All Units On Command.
Brian,
There isn't an All_Units_On function in the standard code commands; this is an extended code function. As far as I know, all modules which respond to extended code commands support this function.
Perhaps you were thinking of the standard code All_Lights_Off function which X-10 has screwed up so royally.
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Thanks for the information. So modules that can respond to Extended Commands will follow.
Yes I was thinking of the older modules that didn't do Extended Commands.
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As a newb to x10, this thread was extremely useful in helping me understand the command byte and data byte thing. However I think, (might be wrong), that there are more than just those three codes you listed for the command byte. Is this correct? If so, would it be possible to post an all inclusive list of the command byte codes? Thanks to everyone on the forum. You guys have really been the only reliable source of information I can find. :D
Jay
Las Vegas
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As a newb to x10, this thread was extremely useful in helping me understand the command byte and data byte thing. However I think, (might be wrong), that there are more than just those three codes you listed for the command byte. Is this correct? If so, would it be possible to post an all inclusive list of the command byte codes? Thanks to everyone on the forum. You guys have really been the only reliable source of information I can find. :D
Jay
Las Vegas
This is the list of all official X10 extended codes. Scroll down to the Type 3 section.
http://software.x10.com/pub/manuals/xtdcode.pdf
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hmm... I canīt find right code to turn off the light without delay? (with extendedcode)
Please, can anyone help me...
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hmm... I canīt find right code to turn off the light without delay? (with extendedcode)
Please, can anyone help me...
There isn't one. Although there's an instant On code, there's no instant Off code.