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Kremlar
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I know I'm missing something small (or maybe something big?), hopefully someone can push me in the right direction.
I finally have all my Insteon devices in PowerHome. I'm now trying to setup a trigger so that when I send an X10 A1 ON command, PowerHome turns on my driveway lights.
I have an X10 keychain remote. If I go to the Insteon Explorer section and press the A1 ON on the remote, I see the X10 traffic in the log.
So, I go to the PowerHome Explorer, go into Triggers, and create an entry as follows:
ID: DRIVEWAYREMOTE
DESC: DRIVEWAYREMOTE
ACT TYPE: DEVICE CONTROL
ACT: INSTEON+DRIVEWAYLIGHT+ON
ACT STYLE: IMMEDIATE
STATUS: ACTIVE
TRIGGER TYPE: X-10 IN
TRIGGER ID: A
TRIGGER ID #: 1
TRIGGER VALUE: ON
BOOLEAN: 1
When I press the A1 ON button on my remote, nothing happens...
Can anyone clue me in?
Thanks!
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TonyNo
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Try a different Act Style (not immediate).
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I tried changing it to QUEUED, and still nothing.
I feel like maybe I'm missing something...
Is there anywhere else I have to configure X10 before this will work, or will PowerHome automatically know to look at my Insteon PLC for X10 signals?
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Looking in the Event Log, when I press my X10 keychain A1 ON button I am getting:
"Incoming X-10 received on Insteon DM controller INSTEON PLC. Byte Values: 01 62 Decode:"
"Incoming X-10 received on Insteon DM controller INSTEON PLC. Byte Values: 01 66 Decode: A1"
Is this correct, or should it be showing an actual ON in there?
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TonyNo
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Yes, I would think you should see an A1 then an A On.
You may need to define A1 in the Units section of Setup. I use a W800 for X10 RF, so I can't say for sure.
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Ok,
Ive spent about an hour tracing the code and trying to make sense of the log entries above and Im hoping that there is a small typo. The log entry that reads:
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Im hoping should be 00 66 instead of 01 66. It's the only way that it will make sense.
The next log entry that reads 01 62 is correct for an A On but I don't see the appropriate decode values. If should read: Decode: A{ON}. This part has me stumped as well.
Tony is also correct. This type of trigger MUST be a "Queued" trigger otherwise there is a good chance that PowerHome will lockup.
If all were working correctly, you should see the two incoming X10 statements (with 00 66 followed by 01 62 with the proper decode). This should then be followed by a "Trigger Check of DRIVEWAYREMOTE", followed by the Insteon Out commands.
Since it appears that the decode is not working properly, then I have to assume that this is where we're hanging and the trigger is not getting a chance to fire.
The first thing I would try is to first make sure that every trigger you've got has the action style set to "Queued" instead of "Immediate". Once these changes are made, shutdown and restart PowerHome. After it's back online, try sending the A1 On from the keypad remote again. After that, post for me again the Incoming X-10 entries for the eventlog. I will also setup some tests on my system and see if I can duplicate what is wrong.
Dave.
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Kremlar
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Dave -
First of all, you're absolutely correct - it was an 01 62 and 00 66, sorry for the type-o. I should have just copy and pasted from your log.
I shut down PowerHome, restarted and all of a sudden it's now working, and the log reads as:
Incoming X-10 received on Insteon DM controller INSTEON PLC. Byte Values: 01 62 Decode: A{On}
Instead of:
Incoming X-10 received on Insteon DM controller INSTEON PLC. Byte Values: 01 62 Decode:
Funny thing is that I'm 99% sure I tried shutting down and restarting PowerHome yesterday, but something must have changed.
Thanks so much for the help!!!
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