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Just downloaded PowerHome and being new, I have no idea how to read anything comming from my W800 device. I have it setup as control 1. But, what do I do know to see it PH is working receiving the signals?
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JT,
Welcome to PowerHome 
Well, if you've got the W800 setup as a controller properly (correct serial port, etc.) and you've either restarted or reinitialized PowerHome since you configured your controllers, then the easiest way to see some activity and verify proper operation is to open the PowerHome Status Window. You can find this under the menu Control->PowerHome Status.
At the bottom of this window will be a real-time event log. If your W800 is properly setup, then as it receives X-10 RF commands, you should see activity appear in the log (assuming you havent set the event log to ignore incoming X-10 (the default is to log everything).
If you are receiving signals, then you'll probably want to act upon them. You would do this by setting up triggers from within the PowerHome Explorer. Here you can declare a trigger type for "X-10 RF In" and set the action you want to take and the incoming RF values you wish to trigger for.
Hope this helps and let us know if you have any problems or questions.
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Hi Dave,
Thanks that help out and I'm seeing activity. What I have is the DS10A Windows/Door Sensor.
Setting up a trigger, I have no clude as well. Because the DS10A is not defined by House Code/Unit Code, I'm seeing in the Event log under Details, Unit:61 Data:4 when the switch is closed and Unit:61, Data:132 when the switch is opened.
How and what do I do setting up a trigger on this, can't select House code and Unit code.
Can you shed some light on this who to set up a trigger when there is a X10 house code or unit code?
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JT,
No problem...The DS10A sends extended RF X-10 commands. As such, change your trigger type to "X-10 RF In Ext". Then in the Trigger ID field you can select the unit (61) in your case and you can select the command (data) in the Trigger ID Number field.
Let me know if you have any problems,
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Wow. I've been using another way to handle DS10A's! This is much better!
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Very nice. Now I'm getting "Can't write to database". Did I forget to install something?
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Jeff,
Not sure what would be causing it. Can you email me a screen capture or post the whole error message? It's probably something simple.
Hmmm...I was thinking about this a little more and I was originally thinking about something wrong with connecting to the database, but if you're getting activity in the eventlog, then that would rule that out. Im guessing that you are trying to close the Explorer (which saves the database records) or some other way of updating the database without filling out all the required fields. In the triggers screen, be sure you assign an ID, Description, and Action to your trigger.
The ID is from 1 to 25 characters and is just a short representation that uniquely identifies the trigger. You'll see ID's used A LOT in PowerHome. Description is also required, but you can just copy the ID if you don't feel like typing. Description does not have to be unique. If you havent declared a macro, then you cant select a Macro ID for your action (ID's again ;-). You'll probably just want to change the Action Type for Formula and then type: ph_usermessage("DS10A triggered") in the Action field. Once these fields are populated, you should have no problems saving.
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Tony,
What way were you using  ?
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I was triggering on any X-10 RF In Ext and checking the data like this in the macro...
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| if( "[TEMP3]" = "209" and ("[TEMP4]" = "132" or "[TEMP4]" = "133"), 1, 17) |
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