CM11

[rjuch]

How much will the CM11 store in memory and what will it be able to do while the pc is off ?  Timed events, macros ?  Events based on conditions ?

[Charles Sullivan]

How much will the CM11 store in memory and what will it be able to do while the pc is off ?  Timed events, macros ?  Events based on conditions ?

The CM11A has a 1K EEPROM.  It can store timers and macros for execution while disconnected from the PC but has no capability for flags or conditions.

You can pack quite a lot into that 1K.   A timer (which controls two macro events) occupies 9 bytes, but you may need more than one to cover the entire year due to Daylight Time or quite a few to handle timers based on Dawn or Dusk times.  A macro element, e.g., turn On from 1 to 16 modules, typically occupies 3 bytes (4 bytes for dims and brights, 6 bytes for Extended Code commands).  A macro itself occupies the sum of its elements plus 2 bytes and the trigger for it occupies 3 bytes.

[Dan Lawrence]

Remember, the CM11 is only sold in The Netherlands and Belgium.

It's not a US/Canada item.

[rjuch]

so how do I upload preprogrammed things to the CM11 ?  Will home seer automatically load all schedules and macros onto the memory of the CM11 or do I have to manage this seperately ? How do you know whats loaded and whats not made it onto the memory ?

I live in south africa, so we get the CM11 ... limited here we use 220v so our choice is limited to whatever is available in 220v

[Charles Sullivan]

so how do I upload preprogrammed things to the CM11 ?  Will home seer automatically load all schedules and macros onto the memory of the CM11 or do I have to manage this seperately ? How do you know whats loaded and whats not made it onto the memory ?

I live in south africa, so we get the CM11 ... limited here we use 220v so our choice is limited to whatever is available in 220v

I don't think HomeSeer has the capability of loading timers and macros into the CM11 memory.  As far as I know, the only Windows based programs with this capability are ActiveHome and Zeus (http://www.zeushome.com).  If you have a computer available running Linux or Mac OS X, the Heyu software  (http://www.heyu.org) has this capability and will show you exactly what it has loaded into the memory.

[dave w]

so how do I upload preprogrammed things to the CM11 ?  Will home seer automatically load all schedules and macros onto the memory of the CM11 or do I have to manage this seperately ? How do you know whats loaded and whats not made it onto the memory ?

Homeseer can not load anything to any of the various PLC interfaces it can talk to (X10, ACT, Smartthome, etc.). Homeseer only uses the CM11 as a gateway to your powerlines, it only runs from the computer.

[Brian H]

Active Home is available for download on the X10 Support pages.
http://www.x10.com/support/support.htm
In the Download X10 Software Tab.

[Dan Lawrence]

Two problems.

1. The OP is in South Africa.

2. Active Home may not recognize the CM11 as it was built for the CM11A, not a European interface.

[Charles Sullivan]

Two problems.

1. The OP is in South Africa.

2. Active Home may not recognize the CM11 as it was built for the CM11A, not a European interface.

The North American and International versions of the CM11 are software compatible.