Need Help With New Ocelot

[Patrick]

I am having some problems with my new Ocelot. I have been checking the topics and I haven't been able to find this problem. X-10 works thru HS and Ocelot, I have two Temp Bobs. Here is some of my log file activity. Am I missing a setting in HS or C-Max? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Here is my startup using all the latest betas:

3/2/2002 1:13:14 PM~!~startup~!~Done Loading Settings
3/2/2002 1:13:14 PM~!~Info~!~HomeSeer version is: 1.5.2 Build 30
3/2/2002 1:13:14 PM~!~startup~!~Loading config file
3/2/2002 1:13:14 PM~!~startup~!~Done Loading config file
3/2/2002 1:13:14 PM~!~startup~!~Initializing X10 Interface 2
3/2/2002 1:13:20 PM~!~Ocelot Plug-in Info~!~Version 1.0.12
3/2/2002 1:13:24 PM~!~Ocelot Plug-in Info~!~Found CPU-XA/Ocelot
3/2/2002 1:13:26 PM~!~startup~!~Done Initializing X10
3/2/2002 1:13:26 PM~!~startup~!~Initializing Infrared Interface
3/2/2002 1:13:26 PM~!~startup~!~Done Initializing Infrared Interface
3/2/2002 1:13:26 PM~!~startup~!~Initializing I/O
3/2/2002 1:13:26 PM~!~startup~!~MR26A Interface version 1.1.13 initializing
3/2/2002 1:13:26 PM~!~Info~!~MR26A Interface opening port COM6
3/2/2002 1:13:26 PM~!~Info~!~MR26A Interface started on port COM6
3/2/2002 1:13:26 PM~!~startup~!~Done Initializing I/O
3/2/2002 1:13:27 PM~!~Info~!~Web Server started on port 80
3/2/2002 1:13:27 PM~!~startup~!~Initializing voice recognition
3/2/2002 1:13:31 PM~!~startup~!~Done Initializing voice recognition
3/2/2002 1:13:31 PM~!~startup~!~Initializing text to speech
3/2/2002 1:13:51 PM~!~startup~!~Done Initializing speech
3/2/2002 1:13:51 PM~!~Info~!~Script engine version: 5.6.7302
3/2/2002 1:13:52 PM~!~Speak~!~Welcome to Home Seer
3/2/2002 1:13:59 PM~!~MOTION~!~<><><><> Motion Sensor Devices Initialized

Here are some of the weird log entries:

3/2/2002 1:14:09 PM~!~X10 Received~!~ E Status Request
3/2/2002 1:14:09 PM~!~X10 Received~!~ E Status Request
3/2/2002 1:14:10 PM~!~X10 Received~!~ E Status Request
3/2/2002 1:14:10 PM~!~X10 Received~!~ E Status Request
3/2/2002 1:14:18 PM~!~X10 Received~!~ H Status Request
3/2/2002 1:14:19 PM~!~X10 Received~!~ H Status Request
3/2/2002 1:14:20 PM~!~X10 Received~!~ H Status Request
(20 or more of each of these entries)
3/2/2002 1:17:09 PM~!~X10 Received~!~M9 (?) M9 (?) M9 (?) M9 (?) M9 (?) M All Units Off
3/2/2002 1:17:10 PM~!~X10 Received~!~ M All Units Off
(and lots of RCS errors now)
3/2/2002 1:23:58 PM~!~X10 Received~!~ J Status Request
3/2/2002 1:23:59 PM~!~Error~!~Script error in file: rcs_tx15b.thm: 5:Invalid procedure call or argument: 'RIGHT' in line 362
3/2/2002 1:24:00 PM~!~Error~!~Script error in file: rcs_tx15b.thm: 5:Invalid procedure call or argument: 'RIGHT' in line 362

Multiply all these errors and status requests by 100 or so and you get the idea. The house codes involved are all ones I am not using.


Thanks!

Patrick


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Usually, when I see this, it is due to a RF module spitting out X-10 commands.
I can get my RF module to do it by causing an X-10 collision. The RF module then goes nuts, firing off oodles of Status Request commands.

Watch the Ocelot X-10 LED & the TW-523 LED... are they blinking like crazy?

Dan Boone, ADI

[Patrick]

Yep Dan, quite a bit of blinking of the X10/IR on the Ocelot and on the PSC05. I'll start unplugging RF transmitters and see if it clears up. Any idea why the RCS might have problems? It doesn't do it with the CM11a.

Thanks!

Patrick

Opps forgot to ask while I have you (or anyone with Bobcats - what do you recommend for placement of the Temp Bobcats outside for best accuracy. Placement, type of housing, out of direct sunlite(?), etc.

As a sanity check:
Unplug the cable between the Ocelot and the PCS.
Is the PCS still blinking?

When I encountered this before, it was due to X-10 collisions, possibly due to handheld palms initiating X-10 activity, or due to other sources of X-10 activity.
For whatever reason, the RF module would get stuck in an endless loop of sending Status Request commands.

Regarding the location of Temp Bobcat sensors:
Avoid direct sunlight, you will get an artificially high reading during the day.
Also, keep the sensor out of the elements (rain, snow, etc.)
Place it under an awning, or in some other protected location.
Dan Boone, ADI