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[grahamk]

Is there a Wall switch that sends it's state when manually  it is turned on?

When I manually turn the lights on or off from the switch I want to run a macro in AHP... Current wall switches that I have don;t seem to send their state when manually turned on/off. Does one exist that does?

[Brian H]

No X10 switch sends a message when locally activated.

The Smarthome Insteon and Icon switches can have a X10 address add to them and will send a message when locally toggled. With one difference. Dimmer ones send an On when turned on and an Off when turned off, but send a %dim when set to a dimmed level. The X10 controllers do not use the %dim. The older X10 two way modules used Extended X10 messaging. The relay type send the On and Off when activeted

Also the Insteon and Icon switch line require a real neutral power connection.

I believe some have indicated that certain Leviton models are also two way.

[JeffVolp]

Just to follow up on this, I was using a 2-way Insteon dimmer module while testing the XTB-232.  The automation software was Home Control Assistant (HCA).  A free version that supports only the X10 protocol is available on their website.  The two-way control worked really well, and HCA knew whenever I turned on the lamp locally.  HCA can handle both the preset dim codes used by the Insteon devices and the extended codes used by the LM14A.

Jeff

[Brian H]

Thanks Jeff. For the added information.
I had only tried my Insteon Dimmers with a CM15A and AHP.

[kenrad]

Thanks Jeff

I will definately be looking in to that