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    ACRF vs ACRF2

    I have a license for ACRF, and it worked up until HS 2.3, then ACRF2 automatically replaced ACRF, now it says I need to buy a whole new $40 license. What is the difference between the 2 versions. Why would I want to switch if ACRF was doing what I needed. Is there a way to get ACRF to work on HS2 2.3 and above?

    #2
    An odd thing occurred yesterday while checking my ACRF2 setup. For whatever reason it messed with the Insteon PLM PIM and actually "disconnected" it from HS. The PLM started to error out and logging errors to HS. I had to shut down HS and restart it to get the Insteon PLM to come up again. I tried to disable and enable the Insteon PLM plugin but that didn't work.

    I will try in the next few days to see if I can get the old standard ACRF plugin enabled and working with current version of HS.
    - Pete

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      #3
      Found two files under my W800 archives for ACRF.

      1 - MSCOMCTL.OCX Version 6.1.97.82
      2 - hspi_ACRF.ocx Version 1.0.0.10

      The description for hspi_ACRF.ocx states the following:

      This plugin connects various RF to serial receivers to HomeSeer. This plugin supports can support X10 RF, UR51&UR81 Remote control commands, X10 security device protocol, and RF repeaters assuming the connected RF device supports those protocols.
      Is this the version that you are trying to utilize?

      Initially I was using the plugin with the MR26. I then went to using ACRF2 with an MR26 and W800. Later I swapped out the MR26 for another W800.
      - Pete

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        #4
        Originally posted by cycleguy View Post
        I have a license for ACRF, and it worked up until HS 2.3, then ACRF2 automatically replaced ACRF, now it says I need to buy a whole new $40 license. What is the difference between the 2 versions. Why would I want to switch if ACRF was doing what I needed. Is there a way to get ACRF to work on HS2 2.3 and above?
        My understanding is that ACRF2 is written in .net, which allows it to be multi-threaded, among other things. I'm guessing that recent versions of HS have begun to assume that capability. It's also likely that there is no attempt to assure that newer HS versions are compatible with the older ACRF. In my setup, the capabilities of the plug-in are more than worth the cost. If you purchased you license for ACRF late in its life cycle, just before it was replaced with ACRF2, I believe there was a special deal on the upgrade. You might want to check on that.
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          #5
          I have ACRF (v1.2.0.3) working fine with HS 2.5.0.20. I am not using many of it's features but only really use it to receive from MR26As.

          I only just realised now that ACRF2 is out!

          Hope this helps.

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