CM11a X-10 Device Interface

Many users would like to access  X-10  functions though the same interface as the Slink-e via the SlinkX control. A special device type called cm11a has been created to meet this need by allowing you to interface to a CM11a 2-way X-10 controller which is poperly configured in SlinkeServ. By creating a device file with a single statement:

type = cm11a

and adding this device file with Ports = 0, IDNumber = 1, a special device will be added which allows you access to many X-10 commands. There is a device file called cm11a.cde in the device files\misc directory already made for this purpose. Using the AddDeviceText method makes this even simpler by not requiring an actual device file, only a text string "type = cm11a". Although there are no commands in this device file you have loaded, the Slink-e server supports the following hard-coded command and response functions

Commands

• all_units_off[ address ] - turns off all units at the specified housecode
• all_lights_on[ address ] - turns on all lights at the specified housecode
• all_lights_off[ address ] - turns on all lights at the specified housecode
• ext_code[ address , data , data ]
• hail_req[ address ]
• hail_ack[ address ]
• ps_dim1[ address , dim ]
• ps_dim2[ address , dim ]
• ext_data[ address , data , data ]
• status_on[ address ]
• status_off[ address ]
• status_req[ address ] - requests status of the indicated 2-way X-10 device
• bright[ address , dim ] - changes brightness of indicated device
• dim[ address , dim ] - changes brightness of indicated device
• off[ address ] - turns off the indicated device
• on[ address ] - turns on the indicated device
• addr[ address ] - addresses a device without sending a function command
  

Responses

• all_units_off[ address ] - turns off all units at the specified housecode
• all_lights_on[ address ] - turns on all lights at the specified housecode
• all_lights_off[ address ] - turns on all lights at the specified housecode
• ext_code[ address , data , data ]
• hail_req[ address ]
• hail_ack[ address ]
• ps_dim1[ address , dim ]
• ps_dim2[ address , dim ]
• ext_data[ address , data , data ]
• status_on[ address ]
• status_off[ address ]
• status_req[ address ] - requests status of the indicated 2-way X-10 device
• bright[ address , dim ] - changes brightness of indicated device
• dim[ address , dim ] - changes brightness of indicated device
• off[ address ] - turns off the indicated device
• on[ address ] - turns on the indicated device
• addr[ address ] - addresses a device without sending a function command
  

Glossary

Address

An address of an X-10 command or response can be one of three formats:

• Housecode only : e.g. on[ a ]
• Single address: e.g. on[ b12 ]
• Multiple address: e.g. on[ c3 c5 c7 ] - note that the addresses must all have the same housecode

Dim level

• When sending a command, dim levels can range from 0-22 (0%-100%)
• When receiving a dim response, dim levels can range from 0-210 (0%-100%)

Data

A generic byte in the 0-255 range