Re: Roll-your-own X10 problems

["Mark McCall" <Mark@xxxxxxx>]

Have a look at theis doc Ant....
http://www.x10.com/manuals/xtc798.doc

M.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ant Skelton [mailto:askelton@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 09 November 1999 09:58
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Roll-your-own X10 problems
>
>
>
> I'm knocking up a linux device driver for the TW7223E/XM10E/whatever.
> I'm a little unclear on some of the finer points of X10, so I was
hoping
> someone could enlighten me!
>
> Firstly, what's the sequence of X10 commands involved in dimming or
> brightening a lamp? Is it "House A, Lamp 2, Dim, Dim, Dim
etc" or does
> the DIM command take some sort of parameter? I'm sure I've seen some
> mention of "brightness level" data, buty now I can't find
it. ;)
>
> Secondly, the TW[insert flavour here] claims to be able to receive
> EXTENDED DATA and EXTENDED CODE commands, a prospect which fills me
> with HA joy; however, elsewhere the data sheet indicates that it uses
> a PIC to buffer incoming commands before relaying them to the PC, so
> I'm wondering if this places a limit on the number of bytes of
> extended data that I can receive, or whether it's some sort of
> bit-at-a-time arrangement?
>
> cheers
>
> ant
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