ActiveHome Pro, Remote Controls, and Appliances
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Posted by donquixote235 on November 10, 2005, 10:26 pm
Please log in for more thread options I just got an X10 kit today, and I've been playing with it all night. I've got a problem that's pretty frustrating, and I can't really find anything pertinent on the web. Whenever I use any of the three remotes supplied with the kit (HR12A remote, SS13A StyleSwitch, KR19A slimfire remote) to try to turn on my lamp module, the ActiveHome software recognizes the signal, and "throws" the graphical image of the lightswitch into the on or off position as the case may be. However the light doesn't actually come on or go off. If I click the switch graphic using my mouse button, the light works fine. I thought it may have been a line-of-sight issue at first, but I've put the remote mere inches away from the lamp module, and from the ActiveHome module as well. Again, the same problem... the main module recognizes it, but the lamp module won't. I also tried changing from the lamp module to a screw-in module, and to an appliance module, all with the same degree of suggess, i.e. none. In every case, the software recognizes the remote, but the appliance won't. Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. -Scott | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by E. Lee Dickinson on November 10, 2005, 11:55 pm
Please log in for more thread options Scott -- The system works by recieving the RF (remote) signal, and then broadcasting a command over the power line. So proximity of the remote to the activehome reciever is of importance, not proximity to the lamp module. The distance between the lamp module and the reciever -- electrically speaking moreso than physically speaking -- could cause your issue. Try plugging the lamp and the reciever into the same circuit in your home, and let us know the results. E. Lee Dickinson Entertainment Design and Technology | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by E. Lee Dickinson on November 11, 2005, 1:05 am
Please log in for more thread options Also -- make sure the modules are set to the same house code and unit code
you're broadcasting... | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Dave Houston on November 11, 2005, 6:11 am
Please log in for more thread options You need to select the housecodes to be "tranceived" and store them in the
interface. >Hi,
> >I just got an X10 kit today, and I've been playing with it all night. I've >got a problem that's pretty frustrating, and I can't really find anything >pertinent on the web. > >Whenever I use any of the three remotes supplied with the kit (HR12A >remote, SS13A StyleSwitch, KR19A slimfire remote) to try to turn on my lamp >module, the ActiveHome software recognizes the signal, and "throws" the >graphical image of the lightswitch into the on or off position as the case >may be. However the light doesn't actually come on or go off. If I click >the switch graphic using my mouse button, the light works fine. > >I thought it may have been a line-of-sight issue at first, but I've put the >remote mere inches away from the lamp module, and from the ActiveHome >module as well. Again, the same problem... the main module recognizes it, >but the lamp module won't. I also tried changing from the lamp module to a >screw-in module, and to an appliance module, all with the same degree of >suggess, i.e. none. In every case, the software recognizes the remote, but >the appliance won't. > >Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. > >-Scott | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by random735 on November 11, 2005, 9:16 am
Please log in for more thread options I think you guys may have missed that he said clicking the graphic in
ActiveHome works. So clearly ActiveHome is able to activate the module. And it's receiving the signal from the RF telling it to activate the module. At least that's how I read his message. Sounds pretty weird to me. | |||||||||||||||||||
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> I just got an X10 kit today, and I've been playing with it all night.
> I've
> got a problem that's pretty frustrating, and I can't really find anything
> pertinent on the web.
>
> Whenever I use any of the three remotes supplied with the kit (HR12A
> remote, SS13A StyleSwitch, KR19A slimfire remote) to try to turn on my
> lamp
> module, the ActiveHome software recognizes the signal, and "throws" the
> graphical image of the lightswitch into the on or off position as the case
> may be. However the light doesn't actually come on or go off. If I click
> the switch graphic using my mouse button, the light works fine.