Leviton does not work with AHP

[john t]

I just purchase and installed a 1000 Watt
Incandescent Leviton's Decora® (HCM06-1s)
wall switch. Nice switch with True Rocker
Action and Soft fade ON/OFF (a ton of
functions) but pretty expensive. Luck I only
need one. It would not work with AHP macro
or timers. Tried a few experiments and found
the absolute on to be at fault. If I send a
Bright command to the Leviton switch that is
off nothing happens. As opposed to an X10
switch which will turn on. I was able to get
it to work by changing the setup on the AHP
of my Leviton's switch to an appliance
module. Thus AHP would send a true “on”
command. I also tried the Leviton wall
switch setting in APH and that did not work.
I now have on and off working but would also
like to use dim any recommendations

[Tigger]

 
X10 has this on the board of things to fix;
I was expecting it to be fixed on the last
release, but no luck.

Here's the work-around --

In ActiveHomePro, define the module TWICE -

Once as a standard wall switch,
and once as an appliance module.

Use the appliance module to turn it on/off,
and the wall switch to control dim levels.

I know it is a hack/kludge, but it's the
best way, until X10 fixes the problem.


T

[sanders]

I purchased over 50 Leviton 6381, 6383,
HCMO6 wall switches for a new spec home and
having the same problem, do not have the
problem with the X10 dimmer switches. Any
idea when AHP is going to correct the
problem?

[john t]

Tigger, Thank you. This is a hack I can live
with. Would not have guess you could define
the same module TWICE

[Tigger]

There is an option under Tools / PREFERENCES
that you will need to check-mark.  Look for
"Multiple Modules can use same address"


T

[jaz50y]

That hack worked with my Leviton switch,
which previously would turn on but not off.
But I have a simple Decorator dimmer switch
(2201PH) which continues to only turn on. I
have tried every module setting at this
point, I think.

[jaz50y]

I should add that I have a table-top
controller (good only for 4 devices at a
time) and both switches work fine with it. In
fact, maybe it is time to dump the CM15 and
reduce my total usage to four modules!

[sanders]

Does anyone have experience with the
1132CUP POWERLINC CONTROLLER & SMARTHOME
MANAGER PLUS SOFTWARE, and will it work
correctly with Leviton 6381 and HCMO6
dimmer switches with memory.

[X10 Pro]

We will be adding a preference to use On
instead of 100% Bright for the lamp timers
and macros, which should help this problem.

[jaz50y]

When? And how will this help when my problem
is OFF not ON?

[pete]

I gave up on AHP months ago and purchased
Home Seer.  It supports Leviton right out
of the box, runs as a service, and has
saved me many hours of problems.  If you
guys are tired of screwing around with this
stuff, you might try it.  It's not cheap,
but I saved tens of hours with it.
pete@carco.com

[roger1818]

Pete:  Will HomeSeer download to the CM15A?
I need this feature so that I can keep it in
a central location in the house.  I also
don't want to keep my PC on when I am away on
vacation.

[dave w]

Homeseer requires PC, but what about falling
back to AHP during vacations?

I am thinking of going to Homeseer myself,
but havn't yet because the only PC I wish to
dedicate to HA is under powered for Homeseer
(only a 700Mhz P4).