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[Dan Lawrence]

Where did you get 3.227?  X10 Europe?   The 3.228 version of Active Home Pro is for US/Canada use only.

[jacadito]

I downloaded from www.marmitek.be (I'm in Belgium).
Thanks for making clear to me that 227 correction: 3.228 is not for Europe.

On www.activehomepro.eu the current version is 224 - strange.

[Dan Lawrence]

The various X10 companies in England and the Continent have different versions of their software, thus the various numbers.  X10USA's current version is 3.228, they sell only in the USA and Canada. The electric systems are 100/220 60HZ.  The CM15A usb interface is for that electric system. 

[dash]

@dash: don't know where you got 3.228, I'm on 3.227
In Tools - Hardware configuration, if you choose "daily", I see the hour changing back to winter time on the first weekend of October (I'm in Europe). This is wrong.

HOWEVER !!!!
when I look into the file C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Active Home Professional\ahpeeprom_w.txt, which is the file that will be sent to the CM15A (after "translation" to binary), I see
  0x0004:   0x01   00000001   dusk/dawn resolution: each entry represents 1 day(s)
  0x0005:   0x01   00000001   b7: day msb; daylight savings turn forward - first Su
  0x0006:   0x5a   01011010   after day  90 (31-mar)
  0x0007:   0x81   10000001   b7: day msb; daylight savings turn backward - first Su
  0x0008:   0x2c   00101100   after day 300 (27-oct)

Seems to me that this is the last Sunday of October, which is correct...

Hi Jacardito

I'm on 3.227 in UK (was previously hoping to get a copy of 3.228 in the hope that DST switchover dates were resolved in this version, but now realise that this is for US/Canada only).

However, you seem to be suggesting that, despite Tools/Hardware showing switchover on 1st Sunday, switchover on version 3.227 will actually occur on last Sunday as required. Have you managed to verify?

Dave

[Dan Lawrence]

As posted before 3.228 is for the USA and Canada ONLY  It's made for the CM15A, which is 60HZ/120Volts. It may or may not work with UK version of the interface.

[dash]

As posted before 3.228 is for the USA and Canada ONLY  It's made for the CM15A, which is 60HZ/120Volts. It may or may not work with UK version of the interface.

Sorry Dan, I've now edited my previous post to read better.

I realise that 3.228 is US/Canada version. Hoping for confirmation from Jakardito that 3.227 will behave correctly on DST changeovers.

Dave

[dash]

Version 3.229 now available in Europe.

Nothing changed to rectify incorrect behaviour of DST in October - still scheduled 1st weekend instead of last weekend.

The programming data is now listed here...

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\X10 Settings\X10Active.xml

When set with a UK home city, and dusk/dawn resoluition set to daily...

There are 90 items having DST = "0" at the beginning of the list which I guess takes us close to the end of March (if each line of data corresponds to a day of the year).
 
However, there are also 90 items having DST = "0" if you count backwards from the end of the list which takes us close to the beginning of October, NOT the end of October as required.

Roll on 3.230 !!

[dash]

Version 3.232 seems to have fixed the DST issues (correct dates showing in Tools/Hardware Configuration dusk/dawn resolution set to daily).

Anyone else using this version please confirm.

Thanks

 Dave

[dash]

Version 3.236

CM15A connected to PC all the time

Time Zone is showing as "GMT Standard Time - GMT-00:00"

In UK daylight saving starts last weekend in March

I thought I'd check Tools/Hardware Configuration to confirm that X10 was going to change the DST on the correct day.

There's something wrong. X10 is not scheduled to change times at any point throughout the year (it behaved fine in October at which point I was already running 3.236)

In C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\X10 Settings\X10Active.xml all lines are followed by a 0, i.e. no account is being taken of DST

Any ideas?

 Dave

[Dan Lawrence]

You are in England, your DST does not begin until March 29!!!!

Ours in the US began last Sunday at 2:00 AM

What O/S does your PC run?

[dash]

PC is running XP SP3

So where have DST schedules gone?

They were definitely present and correct before October's change.

I've chosen my home town (which is available in the drop-down), so am now at a loss as to what's going on.

Any suggestions as to how I might restore correct DST schedule?

[Dan Lawrence]

Windows time is US/Canada unless you have the British/European version of Windows.  Which version of XP are you using?

[dash]

Dan

Windows XP Home version 2002 was supplied OEM with a UK purchased PC

The problem lies here...

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\X10 Settings\X10Active.xml

All lines are currently followed by a 0

Around half those lines should be followed by a 1 to account for DST

Everything was correct in October before the last DST shift (with AHP 2.236 already running on the PC).

The database has changed/corrupted for some inexplicable reason...

Do you think this might have happened at the end of the year when the calendar would have been updated?

[Dan Lawrence]

No idea as looking at my C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\X10 Settings\X10Active.xml everything is followed by a 0 and My DST date changes are correct. My CM15A is connected 24/7/365 (366 in Leap years).   Has your XP Home been updated by MS upgrades?

[dash]

It fixed itself when the daylight saving time changed (CM15a always connected to PC).

I wonder if it will stay fixed....

Just noticed that 3.238 is available from Marmitek in Europe

Release notes...

V238:

- GUI: Lat/Lon bug fix, 230V countries outside Europe added
-Macro Designer, advanced Functions, X10 Function Command, added all direct functions.
Still open: Change of Summer/Wintertime problem.

That last line bothers me - looks like there is an ongoing, unresolved issue with DST switching

Dave