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Nick Hull
18-12-2005, 08:11 AM
In article <9TB7f.2669$Hs.238@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
"BruceR" <br@hawaii.com> wrote:

> Smarthome's wall switches send an X10 signal when manually operated. So,
> if you put the switch on Circuit A and turned it on or off manually, it
> would send an X10 signal like A1-On (or Off) which would control an X10
> module set to that code to control Circuit B.

The trouble with using X10 that way is that X10 is a toggle signal, the
same switches it on or off. If your 2 loads ever got out of sync they
would stay out of sync, turning one off would turn the other on.

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Dave Houston
18-12-2005, 08:11 AM
Nick Hull <nhull@access4less.net> wrote:

>In article <9TB7f.2669$Hs.238@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
> "BruceR" <br@hawaii.com> wrote:
>
>> Smarthome's wall switches send an X10 signal when manually operated. So,
>> if you put the switch on Circuit A and turned it on or off manually, it
>> would send an X10 signal like A1-On (or Off) which would control an X10
>> module set to that code to control Circuit B.
>
>The trouble with using X10 that way is that X10 is a toggle signal, the
>same switches it on or off. If your 2 loads ever got out of sync they
>would stay out of sync, turning one off would turn the other on.

X-10 is not a toggle signal. It sends discrete On and Off signals.
BruceR
18-12-2005, 08:11 AM
As Dave points out the signals are discrete. Turning one off sends an
Off and turning one on sends an ON so they will never be out of sync.

From:Nick Hull
nhull@access4less.net

> In article <9TB7f.2669$Hs.238@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
> "BruceR" <br@hawaii.com> wrote:
>
>> Smarthome's wall switches send an X10 signal when manually operated.
>> So, if you put the switch on Circuit A and turned it on or off
>> manually, it would send an X10 signal like A1-On (or Off) which
>> would control an X10 module set to that code to control Circuit B.
>
> The trouble with using X10 that way is that X10 is a toggle signal,
> the same switches it on or off. If your 2 loads ever got out of sync
> they would stay out of sync, turning one off would turn the other on.
>
> --
> Free men own guns, slaves don't
> www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5357/