X10 problems probably not 1.23.x specific but thats what I'm

[mikepont]

Hi,

I'm new to ZM, I'm running FC7 and trying to get X10 working with ZM. I have a Smart Home CM11 X10 system installed on the Linux box running ZM plus an external SmartHome X10 alarm console along with various X10 devices in the house such as lights, motion detectors etc plus an X10 wireless remote

I've trawled thru the forums and found a few people having similar unresolved problems not necessarily with 1.23.x though

My problem seems the same as reported in the following post

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewto ... 1646d3af75

I have a remote IP cam set up with the X10 Triggers box checked and X10 Activation String of 2 plus an X10 Output Alarm String of 16. My intention is to be able to arm the ZM camera in motion detect mode when i leave the house by pressing the remote to send an A2 ON command. If the ZM camera detects motion I want ZM to then send an A16 ON signal to the external alarm console.

I can see the X10 ON command being logged in zmX10.log when i press the remote but it does not seem to have any effect on ZM. The command does not seem to activate the camera at all nor does it have any result when I configure an X10 input alarm string of A2 for the camera. I know the zmX10.pl script works with the CM11 interface cause I can issue commands to turn external X10 devices on and off successfully using it

If I cause an alarm by creating movement in front of the camera I see that ZM issues an A16 ON command but I don't see any response from issuing A2 ON from the remote in the other direction. It appears in the zmX10.log file but has no effect on ZM.

From the previous post I referenced above it seems that the X10 feature of ZM is broken in this regard.

Can anyone confirm this or alternatively has anyone had any luck with getting ZM to respond to X10 commands. I'm guessing that there are not too many people using this feature and it may well have been broken for some time

[mikepont]

Hi after doing more research on forums it seems that the native ZM X10 support is flaky and it's better to use separate X10 process/scripts communicating to ZM via zmtrigger.pl

Examples of zmtrigger.pl usage is here:

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewto ... c8b790fc47