This just in fro Eric Boyd of X10 Tech Support:
> Greetings!
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> That explains why you are seeing loops. The macro sends a radio command, which trips the TM751, which genererates a powerline command, which trips the macro...
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> Put the macro trigger at an unused House/Unit code combination. If you have any more questions, please reply to this email. Thanks for choosing X10!
My response to Tech Support:
Thanks for the obscure "hint".
I appreciate that you gave me this clue - but I've had probably 20 encounters with Tech Support both on the phone and through e-mails before getting this far.
I've also spent valuable hours on the internet forums, including X10's forum trying to get help.
You've got many good guys on out there who truly love the idea of X10, but are struggling with various aspects of it because of scanty, incomplete documentation. Several of these guys tried earnestly to help me with all kinds of theories and advice - but none of them knew the answer.
These guys are to be applauded - but their time is valuable too - and has being unnecessarily wasted.
Frankly I'm extremely unhappy about the vast quantity of time and aggravation your companies poor documentation and lack of timely and complete Tech Support has cost my new friends on the forums as well my own.
It's not like I am technically inept, illiterate, or have a low IQ.
Your hint does not include the fact that I had to figure out that making a "Dummy Module" with the Trigger HC/UC in the Room is required, then one can create subsequent Macros which use this HC/UC as the trigger, than finally use the modules I want to control within these Macros.
Why don't you spell it out - "The trigger HC/UC must be different than the HC/UC of the module(s) you want to control. Otherwise, the Macro's command trips the Macro again - creating an endless loop."
How many people would figure out this scenario on their own?
I would expect that X10 Manuals, kbase, andTech Support would help their customers learn to use this product in a more efficient manner.
Why didn't you tell me this when first asked?
Why is this not part of the manual?
Why is this not part of
http://kbase.x10.com/wiki/Setting_The_CM15A_to_send_RF_Commands?And isn't using the same House/Unit Code for the trigger and Macro command going to cause the same phenomenon - Powerline or RF?
Stan Gale