CM15A vs CTX35

Post by **drmacchi** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:16 pm

Hi All, today i received my CTX35, i used starting trick for HS by Chak (THANKS!) and setted simply speed at 19200. It works perfectly! (let's hope for future too....) My damn CM11A serial/usb is going to be sold out!

Post by **Noel** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:05 pm

drmacchi,what starting trick for HS is this?

Post by **drmacchi** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:07 pm

simply to add a "fake start" of ctx35 in HS file startup.txt, i add :
hs.ExecX10 "A10", "off", 0, 0

Post by **Paul H te O** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:42 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by MindBender
 Andro, Does the problem still show if you type commands to the CTX directly, using TeraTerm (or Hyperterm, if you have to)? The CTX offers the great advantage of a human-readable protocol, unlike the CM11. just download the manual and start typing away!

Be careful with these USB-to-serial converter: They have given me a head ache too. Including the one built-into the PMIX35.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">MindBender, what do you think is a good USB to serial converter for the CTX35 and Vista. Regards Paul.

Post by **drmacchi** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:32 pm

Paul, why usb? mine works perfectly on a notebook without serial ports, i'm using a serial server connect to lan. USB in this situation means problems!

Post by **Paul H te O** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:17 pm

Hi drmacchi, I didn't know that that was possible serial to lan. thanks for the tip.

Post by **drmacchi** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:24 am

Paul, You're welcome. you can find many post in this forum about serial servers. I was very interested about this one from ANTRATEK (NL)
http://www.antratek.com/Sollae.html
EZL-200F Ethernet-RS232 converter (in housing) 69,00 .

But then i bought TIBBO http://www.tibbo.com/ , because i found it in Italy. tibbo is really an allround product with tons of settings
cheers, Lorenzo.

Post by **Andro** » Sun May 24, 2009 9:53 am

Sorry for kicking this one again, but I have found the problem.

Today I did an upgrade of the homeseer drivers and after that my CM15 seized to work. So I pulled out the CTX again. And again the same error that some appliances cannot be reached. This time I have found what kind of switches can't be reached namely the x-10 lamp modules (plug in socket). The appliance modules can be reached no problem, but apparently the CTX interface (driver) has a problem with lamp modules. So I replaced them and all works fine now

Post by **Edwin2008** » Sun May 24, 2009 11:53 am

thanks for presenting the solution

Post by **RDNZL** » Mon May 25, 2009 10:08 am

Funny to read about problems with CTX35 and USB serial converters on windows.

It works fine and 100% reliable using a USB-serial cable on my Linux box this way.

So I think it should be no issue on Windows.

Post by **Andro** » Thu May 28, 2009 12:54 pm

I don't think it has anything to do with the serial-usb converter. Somehow the CTX doesn't work correctly with marmitek light switches and only the light switches. If I put an appliance switch in exactly the same socket the signal is received, but if I use a light switch the signal doesn't get converted. They both receive the same X10 signal (e.g. A1 ON).

My guess is that the CTX sends out a slightly different X10 signal which is interpreted correctly by the appliance switch and not by the light switch. Maybe the light switch expects a different signal or the appliance switch is less picky. Another option is that Xanura's A10 protocol is not completely compatible with X10 and there are differences.