BSR,
I got a few of the water sensor boards. I have two wires coming out of the DS10A & they go into the two holes in the board. When using Homeseer, the system reads them in alert mode. When the two wires are directly touching each other, they go into "normal" mode.
Is that just the nature of the DS10A? When the two wires arent touching its in alert mode (similar to a door being open), then the two wires are touching (door closed) the status goes back to normal.
How should this be setup to reverse this (swapping wires didnt work on the board)?
Thanks,
Rich
I got a few of the water sensor boards. I have two wires coming out of the DS10A & they go into the two holes in the board. When using Homeseer, the system reads them in alert mode. When the two wires are directly touching each other, they go into "normal" mode.
Is that just the nature of the DS10A? When the two wires arent touching its in alert mode (similar to a door being open), then the two wires are touching (door closed) the status goes back to normal.
How should this be setup to reverse this (swapping wires didnt work on the board)?
Thanks,
Rich
I was looking at that leaf wetness sensor & I cant quite figure what your supposed to do with it. Should the DS10A leads both be attached to the wetness sensor? Then when the circuit board gets wet, the DS10A senses moisture?
While understanding that X10 isnt very reliable, it certainly is an inexpensive solution for me (as I already have a few DS10A's sitting around & a W800 as well).
Is it that simple? If the wetness sensor board gets wet, does that ruin the board (one alarm per board)?
Yes, it is that simple. I have tested this. You just connect the wires to the leaf wetness sensor (instead of the included magnetic contact sensor). The new ones on HobbyBoard's site will not be harmed when exposed to water. When they dry out, they will toggle the DS10a back to "open".
Also, FYI, regarding using the DS10a with the W800, this does not use the "typical" X-10 powerline protocol.![]()