RE: Re: Wandsworth switch pics up - dim thread

["Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>]

To kinda put this to bed an LD11 can and/or does;

Soft Start, starts from level 0 (off) and goes to level 62 (100%) of 63

Soft Off, goes from level 62 (100%) to level 0 (off)

If you set the module to go to level 63 of 63 then it comes on at 100%
without the soft start, as Phil and I sussed the other night.

If the module is at level 62 and you tell it to go to level 31 it will
softly dim to that level, the same happens in reverse when it brightens.

The module has memory dim, i.e. when it is switched back on via a wall
switch or a simple X10 "on" command it returns softly to its
previous
level from off.

The X10 Pro or extended commands give you the 62 levels of dim instead
of the standard 16 with the likes of the LM12 etc. as well as the soft
start/off.

Dunno whether the Leopard or Ocelot controllers can issue the commands
but it should tell you in their literature, I know HV definitely can.

HTH

K.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Baker, R Keith [mailto:keith.r.baker@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 February 2002 08:41
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Wandsworth switch pics up - dim thread
>
> sorry I made the thread diverge :) - I changed the subject so those
> interested can filter!
>
> >From what has been said so far, HV can set specific (absolute) dim
levels
> (one X10 command), or send multiple relative commands (with a hack of
> multiple dims in one command to speed it up). The latter great for
non-
> LD11's. The effect in both cases is a gradual change in lighting
level.
> Hope I got that all right.
>
> Now for the more fun stuff.
>
> According to the LD11 dimmer manuals I have seen on line they state:
>
> "The LD11 also responds to professional X-10. Combined with the
memory
dim
> feature, the LD11 can change the room lighting instantly or
> progressively."
>
> and
>
> "Soft (fixed) start and stop with STANDARD X10 and programmable
start
and
> stop rates with PROFESSIONAL X10 protocol."
>
> So you can program the rate from instant to very slow (I guess the
default
> is somewhere in between).
>
> Is anyone using these functions?
>
> I've been trying to find out whether the controllers available to us
and
> the one that I am interested in (the Leopard) can send out these
> "professional" commands.
>
> Do all the controller software programs have the X10 commands
programmed
> in and you just click a radio button to say send this type of command
OR
> is it possible to specify (at a lower level) the sequence of bits to
make
> up any special command?
>
> keith
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: psghome2002 [mailto:psghome@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 3:01 PM
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Wandsworth switch pics up
> >
> >
> > I've used the 'X10 device directly to' command from HomeVision
and
> > that takes the lamp smoothly to the given level (64 levels - 0
off,
> > 63 on instantly and 62 full bright smoothly). Did read somewhere
> > about the preset dim command but don't know if it works with the
UK
> > LD11 and whether that gives an 'instantaneous dim level'. Anyone?
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@y..., "Baker, R Keith"
<keith.r.baker@r...> wrote:
> > > Just a quick question - does the LD11, when given a dim to a
given
> > level command, do it instantly or smoothly, by default?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Keith
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