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[marcleva]

I'm doing a project and have encounted some major frustration.  I purchased five RS124 A10 relays and I cannot figure out how to program them.  I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction???

I have all 5 relays hooked up to the powerline as well as my X10 transmitter and other x10 devices.  All my X10 devices work fine, but I am having trouble communicating with my A10 relays.  All five came defaulted to the A1 address so a sendplc "a1 on" command turns everything on and an "a1 off" command turns them all off.  I have the manual and it states you need to press and hold the button and then send the desired address twice.  However, how do I send the address using the X10 sdk?  What is the command I need to use?

Is there a controller I need in addition to my software? 

PLEASE HELP!!!

[-Bill- (of wgjohns.com)]

I would assume:

SendAction( "sendplc", "a1 on")
(an appropriate pause)
SendAction( "sendplc", "a1 on")

That work?

[marcleva]

I assumed that was the only command I needed to do.  I tried a sendplc "a2 on" twice with a pause in between and still no luck.  Now I have my entire project wired up and I can't move forward until I assign the relays a different address.  By the looks of the instructions I thought it would be pretty straight forward. 

The wiring is pretty straightforward and the pdf manual can be seen at http://www.smarthome.com/manuals/2250awa.pdf

Any other tips or ideas? 

Marc

[Brian H]

The instructions say send the address. I didn't see a function command mentioned. Try a2 and no on or off.

[marcleva]

That worked perfectly.  Brian you ended my 17 hour debugging nightmare with 1 sentence.  It's always the simplest solution that solves the problem.  THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[-Bill- (of wgjohns.com)]

Yes, thanks Brian H!

I too had my mind clouded by the description in the SDK and it never occurred to me that you didn't have to include a command with the address! 

You earned a "helpful" from me! 

Thanks!

[Brian H]

Glad it helped. I have run into other brand devices that use a set of Addresses only for doing things like add a scene etc.

[TakeTheActive]

You earned a "helpful" from me! 

That's what I like to see! Appreciation, recognition and communication!!

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