mkensinger
Member
Hello to All,
I have visited several times in the past (seeing a LOT of names I remember from the Smarthome board) and found a great number of answers to questions I have had...
So I already owe everyone my thanks!
I do have a question or two, perhaps someone can help...
I bought 5 of the ICON relay switches, thinking that I could use them X-10 for now and upgrade (that horrible word that all our wives hate) later to the INSTEON...if it worked out. I decided on the relay switches because almost all my lighting is using the fluorescent (money saving) replacement bulbs.
Now, they work fine...as far as assigning an X-10 address and turning them on and off (I do have some issues w/ signals from the Activehome, but that's a fix for later), but I really want them to respond to the "all lights on" X-10 command.
I had tried to find as much technical information as possible for each of the products (even before I bought them) but even the pdf manuals don't cover half the things I "discover" in the forums. Is there a place to go to get all the info I need (for the Smarthome line)?
I'm afraid that the FAQ at Smarthome isn't very much help. I posted the question on the Smarthome site, I did get an answer, but it didn't work for me at all...I was able to find instructions for changing (one particular relay switch model) the "signature" (my term...not theirs?) from an appliance module to a lamp module (just so that it could respond to the all lights on command) but this doesn't seem to apply to the ICON relay (or I'm doing it wrong).
Any suggestions? I tried to look into programming scenes, but I'm not catching on to this concept at all....besides, the ICON doesn't work with X-10 scenes, only INSTEON scenes (they really lost me there...)
I didn't say this before, but I am using two of the 12064 keypadlinc 8's and a ControlLinc Maxi as well as I thought this might ease the programming and operation...
Hopefully I didn't hide my question too deeply in the description...
All My Best
Michael (yes, another one)
I have visited several times in the past (seeing a LOT of names I remember from the Smarthome board) and found a great number of answers to questions I have had...
So I already owe everyone my thanks!
I do have a question or two, perhaps someone can help...
I bought 5 of the ICON relay switches, thinking that I could use them X-10 for now and upgrade (that horrible word that all our wives hate) later to the INSTEON...if it worked out. I decided on the relay switches because almost all my lighting is using the fluorescent (money saving) replacement bulbs.
Now, they work fine...as far as assigning an X-10 address and turning them on and off (I do have some issues w/ signals from the Activehome, but that's a fix for later), but I really want them to respond to the "all lights on" X-10 command.
I had tried to find as much technical information as possible for each of the products (even before I bought them) but even the pdf manuals don't cover half the things I "discover" in the forums. Is there a place to go to get all the info I need (for the Smarthome line)?
I'm afraid that the FAQ at Smarthome isn't very much help. I posted the question on the Smarthome site, I did get an answer, but it didn't work for me at all...I was able to find instructions for changing (one particular relay switch model) the "signature" (my term...not theirs?) from an appliance module to a lamp module (just so that it could respond to the all lights on command) but this doesn't seem to apply to the ICON relay (or I'm doing it wrong).
Any suggestions? I tried to look into programming scenes, but I'm not catching on to this concept at all....besides, the ICON doesn't work with X-10 scenes, only INSTEON scenes (they really lost me there...)
I didn't say this before, but I am using two of the 12064 keypadlinc 8's and a ControlLinc Maxi as well as I thought this might ease the programming and operation...
Hopefully I didn't hide my question too deeply in the description...
All My Best
Michael (yes, another one)