ELK rule for flashing X10 lights

[tomtnt]

any advice for making rules to strobe/flash my X10 front and foyer lights on/off for certain triggers?

thanks

 

[Spanky]

tomtnt,
Try this for flashing lights:

WHENEVER EVERY 2 SECONDS
AND ALARM MEMORY, ANY AREA IS ON
THEN TOGGLE STATE OF Light01 (A1)

WHENEVER Area 1 ARM STATE BECOMES DISARMED
THEN TURN Light01 OFF


You can use counters as flags to add additional control to the lights flashing.

 

[carry15+1]

Spanky's suggest will surely work, but will flood your PL with x-10 traffic.

My solution was to use a PCS dimmer which has a scene dedicated to a 50/50 (1 sec on, 1 sec off) flash rate. One x-10 signal and it will flash until you signal it to turn off. In fact I use this as a visual indicator that the alarm has armed when I leave the home...flash for 6 seconds and turn off.

 

[tomtnt]

Spanky's suggest will surely work, but will flood your PL with x-10 traffic.

My solution was to use a PCS dimmer which has a scene dedicated to a 50/50 (1 sec on, 1 sec off) flash rate. One x-10 signal and it will flash until you signal it to turn off. In fact I use this as a visual indicator that the alarm has armed when I leave the home...flash for 6 seconds and turn off.

what is a PCS dimmer? thanks

 

[carry15+1]

PCS is Powerline Control Systems; http://www.pcslighting.com/

Same company that came up with UPB.

By default scene 16 is a flashing output - but it can be redefined.

 

[upstatemike]

PCS is Powerline Control Systems; http://www.pcslighting.com/

Same company that came up with UPB.

By default scene 16 is a flashing output - but it can be redefined.

Do their UPB switches have a default flashing scene?

 

[carry15+1]

Do their UPB switches have a default flashing scene?

I'm not familiar with any UPB products - I've had great luck with x-10 so I'm waiting to see what shakes out with UPB, z-wave, Instean, etc.

Check out: http://www.pcslighting.com/downloads.html#pw_tech for their manuals.

 

[tomtnt]

PCS is Powerline Control Systems; http://www.pcslighting.com/

Same company that came up with UPB.

By default scene 16 is a flashing output - but it can be redefined.

where can i purchase this powerline control system just for the purpose of doing the flashing scene?

thanks

 

[carry15+1]

PCS is Powerline Control Systems; http://www.pcslighting.com/

Same company that came up with UPB.

By default scene 16 is a flashing output - but it can be redefined.

where can i purchase this powerline control system just for the purpose of doing the flashing scene?

thanks

One place would be ....Hometech