Re: Status reporting (was Ceiling Lights & Local Control)

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Luc,

I think you'll probably find that if the price is right, there probably
would be a fair bit of interest. There's no prospect in sight (or so it
would seem) of X10 modules with Status reporting being available anytine
soon, and if the new A10 modules are anything to go by, anything that does
come along will probably be at a hefty price hike.

A circuit that could be produced for about a fiver would certainly get some
interest from me!

Paul G.



>From: "Luc Degrande" <luc.degrande@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: [ukha_d] Status reporting (was Ceiling Lights & Local
Control)
>Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 20:19:57 +0100
>
>A transformer with rectified output can be used to give a status back
>but it would not work below a certain dim level.
>This would be OK for an AD10, but in this case a simple 220V relay
would
>do the same trick.
>
>It is possible to build a very small circuit wich will detect the
output of
>an LD up to almost 0% dimming.
>
>I made a little drawing using an optocoupler
>(based on the concept of the Zero detect circuit used in Two Way
>interfaces)
>with 8 components, this should work.
>If there is an interest I am quite willing to build and test it.
>
>Luc.
>
>




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