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- wexfordman - 04-06-2013
Just a quick query. Is there a way to get comfort to temporarily disable its interfaces, for example to stop executing Velbus commands etc ?
- Ingo - 04-06-2013
Just thinking outside-the-box here but how about trying to set the UCM ID back to FF via Comfigurator or the ID command. I have no idea if it will work.
Ingo
ID / id - Set ID
PC IDxxyy
UCM idxxyy
Where xx = current ID, yy = new id.
If xx = FF it means the default id FF is being assigned to a new ID in ID setting mode
The ID is not changed until the ID is reset
Defined 4/8/12 for Version 7 Modules
- slychiu - 04-06-2013
You also need to reset the UCMs by RS12 assuming the ID was 12
But that may affect the references to the UCM in comfigurator if there are any
- wexfordman - 04-06-2013
Was thinking maybe of creating a flag and using it as a condition before sending any commands to turn stuff on. Only thing is its a fair bit of work to rebuild all the macros
- slychiu - 04-07-2013
That seems to be the best way
- wexfordman - 04-07-2013
Would it be possible to add this as a feature in a future upgrade?
- slychiu - 04-07-2013
I dont think it would be justified, unless there is a good reason for it that would benefit many users
You have not explained why you would like to do that
- wexfordman - 04-07-2013
Well, when I had x10 about the place and I wanted to turn off automation while someone was working on mains wiring etc, I would simply unplug the rj11 lead and that was it
I can\'t do the same now that I\'ve gone to velbus!
- Ingo - 04-07-2013
Perhaps then a Relay Contact(s) would be better. No coding changes required. Have your UCM connect via a relay to the rest of the network. When you do maintenance then just disengage the relay and it will break the connection to the network. Once done just reenable it again.
Ingo