Re: Trying to work with a CM11A under Linux

In article , snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (random735) writes: | My guess is that there's less resistance through the filament (because | these switches don't use a neutral so they carry the signal through the | bulb) when it's on, so the signal travels better? But somehow I | thought there was more resistance in a bulb when it was on...I can't | remember now.

The filament has less resistance when it is cold, so the switch (without AGC) is more sensitive to noise. See:

Dan Lanciani ddl@danlan.*com

What you may have missed is that, unlike requirement US citizens for a particular position, being ugly is not illegal. Of course, someone with a couple more neurons would realize that.

Yes, I meant "transmitting on the police bands in general." Sorry for the confusion.

In general I agree with you, but I think that modifying a radio to transmit on police bands -- and then using it to do so -- is a pretty cut and dry case of breaking the law. :-) Although I would say that, if the modification were made on the spur of the moment (e.g., you're out in the middle of nowhere in a cabin that happens to have a ham radio, you break your leg, and if somehow you can't manage to bring up another ham :-), you instead modify the radio to transmit out of band), the violation would likely be overlooked.

See, in particular:

§97.403 Safety of life and protection of property. No provision of these rules prevents the use by an amateur station of any means of radiocommunication at its disposal to provide essential communication needs in connection with the immediate safety of human life and immediate protection of property when normal communication systems are not available.

Also: §97.111 Authorized transmissions. (a) An amateur station may transmit the following types of two-way communications: (1)[...] (2) Transmissions necessary to exchange messages with a station in another FCC-regulated service while providing emergency communications;

As I understand it, (and I am not a ham) in a real emergency, and when there is no other alternative, a ham may use any power, any band, and any modulation necessary.

--Mac

Outside of emergency, you're correct.

I thought I read that it was originally modified for the purpose of RX'ing, not TX'ing. Depending upon the radio topology, simply modifying to RX on another band might "bring TX along with it," even though that was not the prime intent. That wouldn't satisfy the FCC's rules, however, and they might confiscate if they know the radio exists.

Well yes, except I would say again that it may not even be a "violation" because of mayday context. Again, I dunno the details like a lawyer specializing in these regulations would.

Paging Scott... You won the Z-Wave giveaway but we've lost you. Please PM me on the CQC support forum to confirm you are you, and give me an e-mail and I'll pass it on to Tech-Home so you can arrange to get your toys.

------------------------------------- Dean Roddey Chairman/CTO, Charmed Quark Systems

That's what kept him out of jail for transmitting on an emergency frequency.

But he is still lucky he wasn't prosecuted for the illegal modifications to the transmitter.

Mike Monett

Hi Robert, Thanks for the thorough reply. In answer to your good questions above.

-- I understand how interior follower zones are supposed to work, thanks for checking.

-- I am not using night stay at all.

-- I checked the EOL resistors both by checking their color code and by using an ohm meter after disconnecting one lead of the resistor to temporarily separate it from the zone circuit, they are the correct resistor for either the main panel or the expansion zone (2K or 1K respectively)

-- I am not using any of the expansion relays at all, the alarm event is coming from the Visa-20 terminal 3 alarm output.

This weekend I'm going to try factory defaulting the panel and re-programming it from scratch to see if that helps. Has doing that ever helped anybody else out there or am I wasting my time or should I try something else instead or in addition to that?

Thanks to those of you that have replied with good advice, very appreciated, David

Well, the * 97 restore to factory defaults did the trick, everything is working as expected now. I wonder if I should have done that in the first place when I first got the board and hooked it up. Unknown if it was a pre-existing condition or if it was something this DIYer did wrong. Thanks again to those that offered helpful advice.

It may have been a mistake in your programming. It might also have been a returned board which someone else already programmed. One of the problems distributors face is dealers returning as "new and unneeded" hardware which they have in fact already placed in service. Some dishonest dealers will swap a new board for a malfunctioning board and then return the defective unit to the distributor. The large distributors haven't the resources to check every parcel for the occasional rip-off. It goes right back on the shelf and eventually it's sold to another dealer.

In your case the panel might have been misprogrammed, giving someone else the same problems. If the dealer wasn't smart enough to factory default the board and try again he could swap it with a good board from another box and send it back. It happens all the time. Anyway, glad to know you got it solved.

I'm still interested, where could I find this magazine? Is Rachel Cericola still the editor?

-- Craig

Yes she is. Do a search for EH Publications to find her.

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This is exactly what the problem is, now I have to make my appliance module respond to the On and Off commands, the lamp module is workin glike a champ.

HI Paul

I am also having trouble with samsung getting codes for a PPM42 S3Q Plasma and PPM50H3Q Being a crestron programmer as well.i like nec personally. Their help no is 08702420303 if you have not found a no.But they have not got a clue.i have requested your model as well now.but i have spoke to them for the last 3 days.

Adam Hatherill

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Yes, I would very much like those codes. I am also a crestron programmer and am slightly stuck on this. Paul Chapman

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