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[Ericmil8]

A lot of people have been asking about x10 soft start modules. some want them to turn on with no delay,  or  to match their old modules. Using extended codes you can enter a direct dim command using a macro. you can also turn modules on to full brightness with no delay.

In the macro window insert a extended command. enter the House and Module codes of the soft start device you would like to control.

Command Byte
0x31    =     set Dim on 1 specific module.
0x33    =     set Dim on all unites on that house code
0x34    =     turn all units on that house code off.

For Data Byte you enter a hex value. The table below equates it to a dim value. The most important one below is 3F which turns the module on to 100% with no soft start.

To match old modules enter 2 extended commands one to turn the module on to 100% immediately then dim back down using the second extended command.
Data Byte:
Hex   Dec   Percent
0x00   0   OFF
0x01   1   2%
0x02   2   3%
0x03   3   5%
0x04   4   6%
0x05   5   8%
0x06   6   10%
0x07   7   11%
0x08   8   13%
0x09   9   15%
0x0A   10   16%
0x0B   11   18%
0x0C   12   19%
0x0D   13   21%
0x0E   14   23%
0x0F   15   24%
0x10   16   26%
0x11   17   27%
0x12   18   29%
0x13   19   31%
0x14   20   32%
0x15   21   34%
0x16   22   35%
0x17   23   37%
0x18   24   39%
0x19   25   40%
0x1A   26   42%
0x1B   27   44%
0x1C   28   45%
0x1D   29   47%
0x1E   30   48%
0x1F   31   50%
0x20   32   52%
0x21   33   53%
0x22   34   55%
0x23   35   56%
0x24   36   58%
0x25   37   60%
0x26   38   61%
0x27   39   63%
0x28   40   65%
0x29   41   66%
0x2A   42   68%
0x2B   43   69%
0x2C   44   71%
0x2D   45   73%
0x2E   46   74%
0x2F   47   76%
0x30   48   77%
0x31   49   79%
0x32   50   81%
0x33   51   82%
0x34   52   84%
0x35   53   85%
0x36   54   87%
0x37   55   89%
0x38   56   90%
0x39   57   92%
0x3A   58   94%
0x3B   59   95%
0x3C   60   97%
0x3D   61   98%
0x3E   62   100%
0x3F   63   Immediate

For more information on soft start modules and programming scenes see boilers post http://forums.x10.com/index.php?topic=16648.0

[Brian H]

Thank you for the information and time it took to collect this data. It will be a great help to others. 

A Helpfull Post from me.

[BaBaLou.]

Many thanks Ericmil8.

        Finally able to understand the Extended code, tried it out and was very easy to setup at last. This is definitely a Favorite for Ref for me.

A "Thank for Help" gladly given. 

[Boiler]

Eric,

Thank you for taking the time to detail the codes VS dim %.  Far more user friendly.  Something I always meant to get back to...

Boiler

[Charles Sullivan]

One minor correction to this excellent post:

Command code 0x33 is actually an All_Units_On function, affecting both appliance and dimmer extended code modules on the housecode.  For a dimmer, it has the same effect as command code 0x31, data byte 0x3F, i.e., immediate on to full brightness.

[whsbuss]

Thanks

[Brian H]

I thought most X10 devices ignored the uncommonly used All Units On Command.

[Charles Sullivan]

I thought most X10 devices ignored the uncommonly used All Units On Command.

Brian,
There isn't an All_Units_On function in the standard code commands; this is an extended code function.  As far as I know, all modules which respond to extended code commands support this function.

Perhaps you were thinking of the standard code All_Lights_Off function which X-10 has screwed up so royally.

[Brian H]

Thanks for the information. So modules that can respond to Extended Commands will follow.
Yes I was thinking of the older modules that didn't do Extended Commands.

[Jay702]

As a newb to x10, this thread was extremely useful in helping me understand the command byte and data byte thing.  However I think, (might be wrong), that there are more than just those three codes you listed for the command byte.  Is this correct?  If so, would it be possible to post an all inclusive list of the command byte codes?  Thanks to everyone on the forum.  You guys have really been the only reliable source of information I can find. 

Jay
Las Vegas

[Charles Sullivan]

As a newb to x10, this thread was extremely useful in helping me understand the command byte and data byte thing.  However I think, (might be wrong), that there are more than just those three codes you listed for the command byte.  Is this correct?  If so, would it be possible to post an all inclusive list of the command byte codes?  Thanks to everyone on the forum.  You guys have really been the only reliable source of information I can find. 

Jay
Las Vegas

This is the list of all official X10 extended codes.  Scroll down to the Type 3 section.
    http://software.x10.com/pub/manuals/xtdcode.pdf

[Mr. homeautomation]

hmm... I canīt find right code to turn off the light without delay? (with extendedcode)

Please, can anyone help me...

[Charles Sullivan]

hmm... I canīt find right code to turn off the light without delay? (with extendedcode)

Please, can anyone help me...

There isn't one.  Although there's an instant On code, there's no instant Off code.