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jmarcus25
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Hello!
I am brand new to PH and I have a question. For years I have been using X10 MS16A's (and ActiveHome) to turn lights on and off around the house. Due to the short range of these units the control has been hit or miss at times. For the first time I am running PH with an 2412U and W800RF32A installed. The RF commands from the MS16A's are being picked up by the W800RF32A, but is there a way to now get the 2412U to repeat the commands over the house wiring?
I also have X10 DS10A's that I can see generating unit and code numbers but now how can I get PH to activate other devices from it via the wiring?
Sorry for the newbie questions, I have been reading voraciously to try to come up to speed with PH but I have a long ways to go!
Thanks!
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nick7920
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I also use MS16A and DS10A, But than I use is for for turning lights (X10 or Insteon) and do other things - you create Trigger for MS16/DS10 and attach a macro to perform all the tasks.
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jmarcus25
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nick7920 wrote:
| I also use MS16A and DS10A, But than I use is for for turning lights (X10 or Insteon) and do other things - you create Trigger for MS16/DS10 and attach a macro to perform all the tasks. |
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Do you have an example?
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First you will need the ID of your X10 Device which you able to read from W800RF32A and PH event log. Easy way is to open PowerHome Status From Control Macros. Every Time there is an activity from device, you will see the line in event log. Two things you will note Unit ID and data.
Example for DS10A: incoming Extended RF received on W800RF32 Controller .....Unit 111 data 4 . (there somewhere in this forum is the list of DATA for more information).
Now open powerhome Explorer and go to Trigger and create New trigger (right click and select insert).
example:
ID : Front_door
Description : main front door
Disable: (don't check)
Action type :Macro (you can also do Raw Formula )
Action: Front_door (your macro name you will create in macro)
Trigger Type : X10 RF IN EXT
Trigger ID : Your Device ID you have recorded in event log
Trigger ID Number : 4 (was for open,again in event log)
Boolean: 1
(press F5 to save)
Now you will have to Create a Macro Front_Door.
and do what every Task you want to perform.
like :
Command : X10
id: this one should in dropdown menu of x10 device example Front light (assuming you created you ID device in X10 setup)
Value : ON
(again Save press F5)
That's it :
now you have the trigger to run macro and macro is turning light ON.
I hope, I have not Confuse you but give you the direction.
Also search forum with W800RF32A and you will find lots of info.
Edited by nick7920 - December 14 2009 at 12:52
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Oh that was so easy! I did not realize you could click on a macro entry to get the detail view. Thanks so much!
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