<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Michael H. Warfield <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mhw@wittsend.com" target="_blank">mhw@wittsend.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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</div></div>I had a "just shoot me" macro built into my X10 interface. Any time it<br>
sensed an OFF command (like M15 OFF) it would initiate a delay macro<br>
that would issue a corresponding ON command (like M15 ON) after 5<br>
minutes. Included a responding macro for the entire house code, so M<br>
ALL OFF would result in an M1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,15 ON<br>
sequence. That was my "shoot myself in the head" recovery macro set<br>
that had me covered even in the case of a whole buss code off.<br></blockquote></div><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_extra">Since the request for a new rack is getting handled with _another_ PDU pair with no remote power control, I will need to implement something like the old X10 stuff I ran at home.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><sigh><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The good part is I can justify getting a BeagleBone Black box as an upgrade to the RasPi :-)<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Now if I can do a remote power detection and determine when the room power is running on battery without actually wiring anything to the units...<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">-- <br>James P. Kinney III<br><i><i><i><i><br></i></i></i></i>Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
own tail. It won't fatten the dog.<br>
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain<br><i><i><i><i><br><a href="http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/</a><br></i></i></i></i></div>
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