RE: Trouble getting xPL Comfort to work

[steve.cooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

You are correct I do have a UCM which is the one that I used with CS-Xpress
(not sure which version).  I got it back in about 2000/01 when I got my
system so I wasn't aware that there was anything that came before the old
style UCM.

As you say I'm sure that it could be catered for but the problem is having
both the protocol and the hardware to test it with.  Do you know whether
there are still many of the RS232 convertors about?

S.


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"Kevin Hawkins"
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mon.co.uk>

28/05/2004
11:59
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Steve - are you definitely using an old serial interface to Comfort (and
not
a UCM ??) I say this because the old serial interface was just effectively
an RS485 to RS232 convertor nad handled the Comfort 'on the wire' protocol
directly which is quite different to the current UCM interaction where
there
are higher level commands and replies ??  I think Rob has just the level
convertor but it could be supported too I guess, that would be most
impressive ..

Kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: steve.cooper@xxxxxxx
> [mailto:steve.cooper@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 May 2004 08:47
> To: ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_xpl] Trouble getting xPL Comfort to work
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>
> Rob
>
> The serial interface shouldn't be a problem as I have an
> old one as well.
> The error you are getting seems to be like you say, that
> something has got itself in a knot.
>
> Try removing all references to johnb-comfort from the
> config directories that are under the data folder in
> program files\xplhal.  Also remove the xpl comfort xml
> file from winnt\system32.  Then try restarting the
> xplcomfort service.
>
> S.
>
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>                   "Rob West"
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>                   28/05/2004
>                   08:37
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>                   ukha_xpl
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> Hello John,
>
> xPL Comfort and xPLHal are on the same machine, and the
> hub is switched on in xPLHalManager, so I think my machine
> must have got itself in a knot!
>
> If I double click on xPL Comfort in xPLHalManager I just
> get the "unexpected response... 418 no vendor info" message.
>
> Just had a thought - I'm using the original serial
> interface that came with my Comfort system in 1999, in the
> days of CS-Xpress 2.05. Perhaps this device is too old to
> be supported by xPL Comfort?
>
> Rob.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John B" <home-automation@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 7:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_xpl] Trouble getting xPL Comfort to work
>
>
> > Hi Rob,
> >
> > Sorry for the late reply.
> >
> > > I'm having some trouble getting the xPL Comfort
> service to work.
> > >
> > > First I tried installing it with the "allow remote
> configuration"
> option -
> > > but xPLHalManager just said that the device didn't support
> configuration.
> >
> > Is xPL Comfort running on the same PC as xPLHal?
> > Running xPL Comfort on a different PC that wasn't
> running an xPL hub
> could
> cause this behaviour.
> >
> > > So I uninstalled, rebooted and reinstalled it with the
> "use serial
> device"
> > > option. Now I can see heartbeat messages, but nothing else!
> > >
> > > Any ideas what I might have done wrong? Is there any
> way that I can
> check
> > > the login code that I entered or view the serial data
stream?
> >
> > If you look at the xpl Comfort device in xPLHal Manager,
> the user code
> should be listed as a configurable item and you can see
> what it's currently set to.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > John
>
>
>
>
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