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Posted: December 16 2003 at 18:38 | IP Logged Quote rmackay

How do I configure PH to use the CM19A (basically the USB version of the FireCracker)?

Thank you,

Robert
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Posted: December 17 2003 at 10:42 | IP Logged Quote dhoward

Robert,

Unfortunately, PowerHome does not support the CM19A.  I would love to add the support but X10 is pretty tight-lipped about the inner workings of the CM19A and has not yet released the protocol.

I too have a Ninja camera and the approach Im taking for PowerHome control is to construct a simple IR to RF converter and then use my RedRat2 IR device to generate the actual commands to control the Ninja.

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Posted: October 18 2012 at 23:59 | IP Logged Quote reighnman
So its almost been 9 years. Any updates on this? I have a
robot I am trying to build. My new laptop for the project
is mostly usb and I have a spare cm19a that would be ideal.
Maybe for 2.1.5??
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Posted: October 19 2012 at 09:08 | IP Logged Quote dhoward
Reighnman,

Have you tried PH 2.1.4 with the CM15A support? My understanding is the ActiveHome SDK that I used to add the CM15A support is also supposed to support the CM19A.

I'll review the code though and see if I specifically added the camera commands.

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Posted: October 19 2012 at 16:27 | IP Logged Quote dhoward
Ok, did a review of the code to see what I implemented. From what I can tell, I implemented everything that was available to me via the ActiveHome SDK. In order to access these extended RF commands, you'll need to declare a CM15A RF type of controller.

The only hook I provided for these extended commands is a function called ph_x10other. It takes 3 parameters. The ID of the conroller as a string (the CM15A RF ID you declared in the controllers section), the house code as a string, and the extended command as a string. A sample call would look like:

ph_x10other("CM15ARF","C","CamGoPosition1")

You can see a list of available extended commands that are allowed/supported by opening the PH Multi-editor, going to SQL mode (shift-F5), and executing this SQL:

select * from x10validcodes where id = 'X10O' order by 2

The third column (key_desc) is what is valid for the 3rd parameter.

Unfortunatley, I know longer have any equipment that I can test this out with so let me know how you fare.

Dave.
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