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Title: Activity Monitor - Events repeated
Post by: soxfan1966 on April 27, 2012, 11:56:39 AM

I have been using AHP for about a month now and finally have some of the issues worked out.  I am using a CM19A USB Interface and the latest version of AHP.

I have noticed that on the AHP Activity Monitor, the items are often repeated multiple times.

For example, if I turn on a camera from AHP the item shows up line this:
Transmit     A13 (Electric Meter)
Transmit RF A13 On

Since I then use a PalmPad to turn it off (as I don't know how to turn it off inside AHP), the following shows up:
Receive RF  A13 Off
Receive      A13 (Electric Meter)
Receive      A Off (Electric Meter)
Receive      A13 (Electric Meter)
Receive      A Off (Electric Meter)

Why are those entries / commands duplicated?

If I use T.A.C. and X10Relayer (which I have found to be better than the ActivePhone app - which just locked up my CM19A), to turn on a light I get the following:
Transmit RF   A10 On
Receive RF    A10 On
Receive        A10 (Computer Desk)
Receive        A On (Computer Desk)
Receive RF    A10 On
Receive        A10 (Computer Desk)
Receive        A On (Computer Desk)
Receive RF    A10 On
Receive        A10 (Computer Desk)
Receive        A On (Computer Desk)
Receive RF    A10 On
Receive        A10 (Computer Desk)
Receive        A On (Computer Desk)
Receive RF    A10 On
Receive        A10 (Computer Desk)
Receive        A On (Computer Desk)
Receive RF    A10 On
Receive        A10 (Computer Desk)
Receive        A On (Computer Desk)
Receive RF    A10 On
Receive        A10 (Computer Desk)
Receive        A On (Computer Desk)
Receive RF    A10 On
Receive        A10 (Computer Desk)
Receive        A On (Computer Desk)
Receive RF    A10 On
Receive        A10 (Computer Desk)
Receive        A On (Computer Desk)
   (that's a total of 9 times for this set of 3)
Transmit RF   A Bright

I then turned the light off using a PalmPad remote:
Receive RF    A10 Off
Receive        A10 (Computer Desk)


Any ideas?  I suspect my AHP setup is at fault somehow - and I think this may have some effect on some of things that are not working quite right...

Title: Re: Activity Monitor - Events repeated
Post by: Brian H on April 27, 2012, 03:45:19 PM

The palm pad sends the commands multiple times for better reliability. That is probably what you are seeing.

Title: Re: Activity Monitor - Events repeated
Post by: Noam on April 27, 2012, 04:43:12 PM

As Brian said, the PalmPad tends to send the signal more than once, for reliability. If you hold the button down, it will send it even more times.

Title: Re: Activity Monitor - Events repeated
Post by: soxfan1966 on April 28, 2012, 10:16:16 AM

I can understand the explanation of the PalmPad entries -that makes sense...

But what about the T.A.C. one - a set of commands that gets repeated 9 times seems a bit much.  I also noticed this morning that events triggered by Timers / Macros are repeated 3 times...

Title: Re: Activity Monitor - Events repeated
Post by: kenrad on April 28, 2012, 06:28:46 PM

I posted some info over at the tuicemen forum but I need to know how many computers you are running in your HA setup as well as all of the software.  I will continue to look into this for you over at the tuicemen forum

 >! Ken

Title: Re: Activity Monitor - Events repeated
Post by: Tuicemen on April 28, 2012, 08:11:17 PM

The issue is most likely X10Relayer and the repeat x10 command setting.
 >!

Title: Re: Activity Monitor - Events repeated
Post by: Tuicemen on May 15, 2012, 10:02:34 AM

Ok I've finaly nail this down and it looks like a SDK bug.
 A cm19 will send out multiple command sent from the SDK created program a CM15 won't.
At least in my tests.  B:(

Title: Re: Activity Monitor - Events repeated
Post by: Noam on May 16, 2012, 10:50:29 AM

I see a similar thing with my own setup, using a CM15A.
After rebooting the PC (or restarting the X10Nets service), I tend to get duplicate commands being sent by AHP and/or the SDK.
For whatever reason, opening AHP stops this behavior (it does not need to stay open, but it doesn't need to be closed either - just opening it is the "fix").
I don't know if this is the same thing that you are seeing with the CM19A or not, but it might be worth a try.
I have made it a habit to open and then close AHP after I reboot that machine.
The bug I experience has been in the list for a while. I wonder if this is actually the same thing.
Can you (or someone else) try to see if the same thing happens with a CM11A?