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 Posted: Thursday Nov 26th, 2009 07:32 pm
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Is there a way, after a Comfort reset, to get all the 'real' counter values from CBus again? If I had a CBus light dimmed at 50% and reset Comfort it will now show me that, the counter associated with the light, is 100% on, which it isn't.

Does a Comfort reset only get the 'state' of a counter, either On or Off, or is there some way I can get the actual counter values? Maybe a future firmware release???

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 Posted: Friday Nov 27th, 2009 01:04 am
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The CBus SIM Module provides the state  of the group address at reset (ON or off) and not its level if dimmed.
Reset of Comfort should be a rare event so it should not be a big issue.




 Posted: Friday Nov 27th, 2009 04:08 am
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Thanks Chiu, I agree that a reset does not happen very often but it would have been nice to get the actual value instead of the state.

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 Posted: Friday Nov 27th, 2009 07:45 am
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Chiu,

As you say reset is not that common to have to reset, but PC based applications accessing comfort are, so it would be nice to somehow request counters in bulk at application startup rather than have to ask for each one individually.

In my ComfortClient App I intelligently look sign on at what counters are configured in the system (across floorplans and the UI Control Panel) and only ask for those specifically.   One look in monitor after starting WizComfort though and I see it (as it has a generic UI) requesting every single counter value over the bus one at a time. 

Surely a more efficient way of requesting starting state would be good.

Regards

Julian

 

 

Last edited on Friday Nov 27th, 2009 07:48 am by juwi_uk



 Posted: Saturday Nov 28th, 2009 02:00 am
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A message to get all the counter values wil be useful, similarly for Flags, and sensors. That may be a future enhancement requireing new UCM and Comfort firmware



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