rvarela wrote:I am switching from the Security Script to your new Switchboard. I found that it is very good enhancement overall. No more need to define devices on the matrix or poke into applescript, and a sort of new possibilities. However, I have some aspects that I would like to clarify. First, my setup. I have a SC9000 alarm (some KR21 remotes), and a CM15 USB linked to Indigo on ML 10.8.2.
a) the log is telling me about the KR2:
Switchboard Warning, Remote_1, has no known heartbeat. Please check sensor!
Switchboard Warning, Remote_2, has no known heartbeat. Please check sensor!
Each KR21 was defined with a separate ID ant into a general remotes group. Can I stop that from appearing?
Not currently... I will look into adding that to the X10 device preference...
rvarela wrote:b) I can not figure out the right way to define the Marmitek SC9000 in the system. Right now I just have a normal device, with its address, to tell me when it is on or off. Is there a way to define within the switchboard plugin? Using my approach i am unable to detect with Indigo when you manually arm/disarm/turn into home mode the console. I can just detect it when using the remotes.
As far as I can tell, the SC9000 doesn't send any X10 signal when it's state changes. If there is a serial adapter, or some other source of information, I maybe able to add something to the plugin. But right now, the plugin will only be able to act on X10 or Insteon signals.... So I don't think there is a way to read the SC9000's state at this time.
rvarela wrote:c) the switchboard defined devices does not appear in Indigo Touch. I know that I can define some variables to mimic the switchboard devices, but it would be nice to have those directly there. Maybe this is more a question to Matt and/or Jay...
That is my understanding. Indigo touch only works with Indigo native devices, and does not currently support Plugins, or custom devices.... Assuming that I remember the conversation with Jay correctly....
rvarela wrote:d) I am not consistently getting the same state between the switchboard device and the SC9000 for a particular x10 module (DS90's) , and I can not understand why. I'll try to better explain the problem: If I open a door with a DS90, the SC9000 acknowledges with its typical two tone, then I close the door, and the SC9000 receives the 'closed' command. The corresponding device in Switchboard, however, stays on 'open'. This behaviour is not consistent, sometimes I get the closed status, sometimes not. All my MS90's are consistent, though.
My best guess is that your suffering from X10 transmission issues.... What are you using with Indigo to read the X10 security codes? A TM751?
The SC9000 is reading the broadcast from the X10 modules, but whichever transceiver your using, is probably in a different location? It's possible that there is some interference that is sometimes blocking or damaging the RF signal?
- Ben