Who has a CM19a?

[Livin]

I'm wondering how many people want to use the CM19a with EG?

I have been doing some research to find code to support the CM19a and see if we could use it via EG in some way.

I've found an OCX made for Homeseer v1.7
- it has an example of how to send commands, but not docs on how to receive (it is supposed to work)
- download... http://rapidshare.com/files/236038486/c ... b.zip.html (MD5: 78B065AAD147188FD5FC03DFD9C8F3D2)

I found some more recent drivers from X10.com's support site
- link... http://www.x10.com/support/support_soft1.htm
- X10's description... X10 USB Wireless Remote Drivers: CM15A, CM19A, ALL USB Transceivers : 3.239 - Released Mar 23, 2009 - Windows XP, Vista 32/64 bit, Windows 7 32/64 bit
- download...http://rapidshare.com/files/236037747/x ... 9.exe.html (MD5: 243C7387BF3DE8FA93054623BC1B2574)

NOTES:
- Before I installed this I had "USB X10 Firecracker Interface" under 'Universal Serial Bus controllers' in Device Manager.
- After I installed the above x10drivers, I now still have the above, but ALSO have "X10 Hid Device" under Human Interface Devices


I'm going to explore as much as I can but may need a real coder (not a hack like me) to get it working.

Anyone interested?

[Melloware]

Livin,

The CM19A works with the same ActiveHome SDK as the CM15A. So you should be able to use the CM15A EG plugin since I just looked at the code it and it uses the SDK COM object properly. Give it a shot.

You may need to install the COM object first which is free from X10.

http://www.x10.com/activehomepro/sdk/index.html

And if it works that plugin should probably be labeled X10 ActiveHome or something like that since it handles more than the CM15.

Let me know how it goes.

[Livin]

I wish it did... I tried it and it does not recognize the CM19a. Log shows stack trace & "Device not found!"

[Melloware]

I wish it did... I tried it and it does not recognize the CM19a. Log shows stack trace & "Device not found!"

Are you sure you installed those SDK drivers I pasted the link for above? Because the only error I see in the plugin throwing Device Not Found is if the COM object "X10.ActiveHome" is not found in your registry which usually means you did not install the SDK Drivers.

Because I support the CM15 and CM19 from my iPhone app X10 Commander and it uses the exact same code as this EG CM15 plugin and I know I have users that reported it works fine with the CM19???

[Livin]

OK, it is working but it only Transmits - I need it to Receive.

Do you have an updated plugin that allows EG to receive from the CM19a?

[Melloware]

OK, it is working but it only Transmits - I need it to Receive.

Do you have an updated plugin that allows EG to receive from the CM19a?

That is quite odd, because it looks like he has the receiving code in there and it looks correct.

Code: Select all

def OnRecvAction(self, actionType, address, command, data, *args):
        if actionType == "recvplc":
            cmdType = "PLC"
        elif actionType == "recvrf":
            if data == 0:
                self.plugin.TriggerEnduringEvent(
                    "%s.%s.%s" % ("RF", address.upper(), command)
                )
            elif data == -1:
                self.plugin.EndLastEvent()
            return
        else:
            cmdType = "Unknown"
        self.plugin.TriggerEvent(
            "%s.%s.%s.%s" % (cmdType, address.upper(), command, data)
        )

[Livin]

The light on the CM19a is off - never turns on. Should it?

I have 2 motion sensors to test with and when I trigger them, nothing shows on the EG log as receiving any commands (I assume it should?).

Is there any way to test this outside of EG?

[Melloware]

The light on the CM19a is off - never turns on. Should it?

I have 2 motion sensors to test with and when I trigger them, nothing shows on the EG log as receiving any commands (I assume it should?).

Is there any way to test this outside of EG?

Yes I believe you can test with ActiveHome, it will tell you if your sensors are working. I am pretty sure the EG code is correct so something tells me your hardware is not working properly.

[Livin]

EG seems to detect it ok but it would be nice if there was a way to log things to test.

Is there a way to add a 'receive' log to your X10commander?

[Melloware]

EG seems to detect it ok but it would be nice if there was a way to log things to test.

Is there a way to add a 'receive' log to your X10commander?

I am sure I could add log messages when messages are received. Contact me on my forums for X10 Commander and I will add it and send you a BETA EXE to try so you can test.

[Livin]

EG seems to detect it ok but it would be nice if there was a way to log things to test.

Is there a way to add a 'receive' log to your X10commander?

I am sure I could add log messages when messages are received. Contact me on my forums for X10 Commander and I will add it and send you a BETA EXE to try so you can test.

cool.

[jaos1]

I am trying to use CM19A with EG.
Surprisingly, I have no problem with receiving the events - it will show them in the event log as X10_CM15A.RF.A1.On (for instance). [Ok, to be precise, sometimes when I start computer it does not work, but if I unplug and plug back the device, it works.]

However, I have problems with sending anything out through EG. I use X10 CM15A plugin to send, but it does not work. The led on the device does not blink, so it's not sending anything (it does not matter if i select Powerline or Radio Frequency, neither works).

On the other hand, I can send with ahcmd.exe which was installed in Program Files\AHSDK\bin directory and also in Program Files\Common Files\X10\Common. But this program does not work correctly under Vista. It will send the signal as it should but after that with 50% probability it will crash and sometimes hangs for a long time (almost 1 minute), and sometimes forever (so that I need to kill it in Task Manager).

Any ideas what could be wrong?

[breakerz]

Where i can find the CM15 plugin ? i use EG 0.3.7, and only got the X10 generic plugin.

[jaos1]

X10 plugin is for X10 remote controls, it does not control CM15. You need CM15 plugin. It was previously included with EventGhotst, but it's not included in the latest version (3.7.1387). I don't know why. Try to download the oldest version available, install it, and see if there is this plugin in the plugin directory of EventGhost. If there is, save it, install new version and put it back in.

[Melloware]

That CM15/19 plugin can be found here:

http://www.eventghost.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=667