XTB-II Enhanced Repeater
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Posted by Jeff Volp on June 11, 2007, 12:17 pm
Please log in for more thread options XTB-II. I was derailed in this effort while taking advantage of the beautiful early spring weather here in the Southwest. Now that temperatures are pushing 100, I'm back to coding. I am aware of some of the special cases, and will be trying to handle them in an elegant manner. However, I would appreciate any input you might have regarding the unit's capabilities. Here is a link to that unit's development: http://jeffvolp.home.att.net/x10xmtbuf/XTB-IIR_development.htm Thank you for any input. Jeff | ||||
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Posted by Robert Green on June 16, 2007, 3:53 pm
Please log in for more thread options I'd like to have leads out to a Sonalert so if there is ever a broadcast storm for any reason it would beep. It would be very useful to know about it when happened rather than the *next* time I sent an X-10 command and it failed to fire. I just had an old BSR w/ultrasound crap out on me and I wasted a lot of time looking for the usual culprits, the PalmPads! Had the repeater beeped as soon as I hit that key and it stuck, I would have known right where the problem was. I know you can lock down the repeater and prevent it from repeating the storm, but I think it would be very useful to be able to know exactly when that key got stuck and the X-10 PLC network "locked up." Even something that would simply close some relay contacts whenever an unending stream of X-10 commands was detected would be useful. -- Bobby G. > Some of you know I have been working on an enhanced repeater version of
the
> XTB-II. I was derailed in this effort while taking advantage of the
temperatures
> beautiful early spring weather here in the Southwest. Now that > are pushing 100, I'm back to coding. I am aware of some of the special
capabilities.
> cases, and will be trying to handle them in an elegant manner. However, I > would appreciate any input you might have regarding the unit's > Here is a link to that unit's development:
> > > > http://jeffvolp.home.att.net/x10xmtbuf/XTB-IIR_development.htm > > > Thank you for any input. > > > > Jeff > > | ||||
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Posted by Jeff Volp on June 16, 2007, 6:36 pm
Please log in for more thread options Thanks for the feedback.
Unfortunately, that would require a hardware change. The XTB-II and the XTB-IIR will share the same V1.1 PCB. The board is populated with a few additional components for the enhanced repeater, and there are some value changes, including a different PIC. I already have the boards. Your point on the broadcast storm is well taken. The present firmware includes an undocumented option that prevents the ping-pong that can happen when using multiple repeaters. That can be modified to also recognize a broadcast storm. However there is nothing the present hardware can do to issue an audible alarm or a contact closure when that happens. Sorry... Jeff > Jeff,
> > I'd like to have leads out to a Sonalert so if there is ever a broadcast > storm for any reason it would beep. It would be very useful to know about > it when happened rather than the *next* time I sent an X-10 command and it > failed to fire. I just had an old BSR w/ultrasound crap out on me and I > wasted a lot of time looking for the usual culprits, the PalmPads! Had > the > repeater beeped as soon as I hit that key and it stuck, I would have known > right where the problem was. > > I know you can lock down the repeater and prevent it from repeating the > storm, but I think it would be very useful to be able to know exactly when > that key got stuck and the X-10 PLC network "locked up." Even something > that would simply close some relay contacts whenever an unending stream of > X-10 commands was detected would be useful. > > -- > Bobby G. > > >> Some of you know I have been working on an enhanced repeater version of
> the
>> XTB-II. I was derailed in this effort while taking advantage of the
>> beautiful early spring weather here in the Southwest. Now that > temperatures
>> are pushing 100, I'm back to coding. I am aware of some of the special
>> cases, and will be trying to handle them in an elegant manner. However, >> I >> would appreciate any input you might have regarding the unit's > capabilities.
>> Here is a link to that unit's development:
>> >> http://jeffvolp.home.att.net/x10xmtbuf/XTB-IIR_development.htm >> >> Thank you for any input. >> >> Jeff | ||||
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Posted by Robert L Bass on June 18, 2007, 2:22 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Unfortunately, that would require a hardware change. The XTB-II and the
XTB-IIR will share the same V1.1 PCB. The board is
> populated with a few additional components for the enhanced repeater, and
there are some value changes, including a different PIC.
> I already have the boards.
includes an undocumented option that prevents the ping-pong
> > Your point on the broadcast storm is well taken. The present firmware > that can happen when using multiple repeaters. That can be modified to also
recognize a broadcast storm. However there is
> nothing the present hardware can do to issue an audible alarm or a contact
closure when that happens. Sorry...
How about having the XTB-IIR send a specified X10 command when it senses a broadcast storm? The rest would be a cakewalk. -- Regards, Robert L Bass =============================>
Bass Home Electronics
941-925-8650 4883 Fallcrest Circle Sarasota · Florida · 34233 http://www.bassburglaralarms.com =============================>
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Posted by Lewis Gardner on June 18, 2007, 2:55 pm
Please log in for more thread options Robert L Bass wrote:
> How about having the XTB-IIR send a specified X10 command
> when it senses a broadcast storm? How reliable would an X-10 transmission be in the middle of a broadcast storm? | ||||
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