kartman_canada;290630 Wrote: 
> Any progress? I read a post from a couple of weeks ago that this was
> "no-go for now".

Nope, no real progress. The main problem is that HEYU.EXE simply
doesn't work. It'll run, it'll read the config file, but it won't send
commands to the CM11A on the specified serial port. And that's if you
don't have CYGWIN DLL conflicts.

Essentially I've decided that I've taken the wrong approach all along.
Rather than use executables like BR.EXE and HEYU.EXE, I should be using
pure Perl code. There are CPAN modules for the CM17 and CM11A
controllers; I just haven't found much time to work on switching from
the EXEs to the CPAN code (and testing that the CPAN code works OK). I
don't expect to have any time to do so in the next week, and the weeks
following might be tough, too.

If you're up for some Perl hacking, I could share what I've got so far.
There's one core routine that needs to be modified to support the CPAN
methods, and the settings need to change slightly (instead of asking
for the EXE location, PowerCenter should only ask if your X10
controller is a CM17 Firecracker or a CM11A/CM12).

-Peter


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