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Thanks for the advice Bongo!!

I removed all PLCBUS devices, regen orbiters, rebooted, updated the core via apt-get.

When I plug in the 1141 now it starts running scripts, 20_Denonreciever.sh and so forth, but no PLCBUS... The pnp script exists in the /usr/pluto/pnp directory, but isn´t executed.

Does the changes in the zwave template affect this? http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=11157.msg77351#msg77351

Hello guys!!

A few days ago I did a clean internet install of LMCE 810. I also did the apt-get update&upgrade to get the most recent updates to the software. Once I did that I plugged in my PLCBUS 1141 USB interface to see if the plug&play scripts worked.

All that happened was that LMCE found a "Generic USB to RS232 Dongle". I started (once again) to read the forums and found a solution for that problem here:http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=11157.msg77351#msg77351.

Once I did that LMCE stopped recognizing the 1141 as a Generic USB to RS232 Dongle and started running some plug&play scripts when I plugged the 1141 in. Only problem was that the PLCBUS pnp script wasnt in the /usr/pluto/pnp directory.

Yesterday I ran apt-get update&upgrade again and the system was updated. Now I got the pnp scripts in place, yeah!!!!

Now when I plug the 1141 back in, the system doesn´t seem to react at all....no pnp scripts are launched or anything.....grrrrr.

I added the 1141 manually. In webadmin I went to Advanced>Configuration>Devices  and "Add a top level device". I found the PLCBUS template#1920 and added it to the system. I set the "COM Port on PC" to /dev/ttyUSB0 (the 1141 is the only USB device connected to the core).

I also added a light to the system with adress A1 and rebooted the system.....and it doesn´t work.

When I do a quick reload of the router I get this in the 1141 log:

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========== NEW LOG SECTION ==========
1 01/04/11 19:55:26 47 (spawning-device) Starting... 1
1 01/04/11 19:55:27 47 (spawning-device) Found /usr/pluto/bin/PLCBUS
05 01/04/11 19:55:28.079 Connect() failed, Error Code 111 (Connection refused)) <0xb71e2ad0>
05 01/04/11 19:55:29.079 Connect() failed, Error Code 111 (Connection refused)) <0xb71e2ad0>
05 01/04/11 19:55:30.079 Connect() failed, Error Code 111 (Connection refused)) <0xb71e2ad0>
05 01/04/11 19:55:31.079 Connect() failed, Error Code 111 (Connection refused)) <0xb71e2ad0>
05 01/04/11 19:55:32.079 Connect() failed, Error Code 111 (Connection refused)) <0xb71e2ad0>
01 01/04/11 19:55:46.488 Open port: /dev/ttyUSB0 <0xb71e2ad0>
05 01/04/11 19:55:47.182 Creating child 48 <0xb71e2ad0>
05 01/04/11 19:55:47.182 Note: Device manager has attached a device of type 37 that this has no custom event handler for.  It will not fire events. <0xb71e2ad0>
05 01/04/11 19:55:47.182 Note: Device manager has attached a device of type 37 that this has no custom handler for.  This is normal for IR. <0xb71e2ad0>

When I then try to send a command to light A1 I get this in the log:

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t 0 <0xb61dfb90>
01 01/04/11 19:57:27.148 COMMAND_Generic_On_CONST received for child A1 <0xb61dfb90>
01 01/04/11 19:57:27.148 Adding command to queue... <0xb61dfb90>
01 01/04/11 19:57:27.547 Send Queue Size: 1 <0xb71e1b90>
01 01/04/11 19:57:28.047 Send Queue Size: 1 <0xb71e1b90>
01 01/04/11 19:57:28.547 Send Queue Size: 1 <0xb71e1b90>
01 01/04/11 19:57:29.047 Send Queue Size: 1 <0xb71e1b90>
01 01/04/11 19:57:29.047 Sendcount exceeded, this was the last sent attempt, removing job... <0xb71e1b90>

Can you guys help me to track down the problem?

Hi!

Try to connect the SB to the system with the ethernet connection. I have to do this with my SB2 to make it controllable via LMCE. I know that technically it shouldn´t make any difference, but this was the solution for me. Give it a try!

I got the USB version. Will do a new clean install today.

Bongo, have you got a 100% working PLCBUS setup? Wich PLCBUS modules are you using? Don´t you ever get the errors in the 1141 log as get? (see my earlier post in this thread) I´m using the 1141 and "PLCBUS-2264D" modules.

Esperanto: Do you have PLCBUS up and running reliably? My setup doesn´t... http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=9266.0

Where from do you buy your X10 parts?

I bought my PLCBUS stuff from http://www.x10-hk.com  and they have some X10 stuff aswell.

I reinstalled LMCE twice. First time I had the 1141 connected when I followed the wiki to get the 1141 working. Second install I waited till all the steps was completed but no difference there.

I also discovered that the unit adresses (A1, A2 and so on) aren´t the same in LMCE as in the "real" PLCBUS software provided by the x10-hk store. If I first program one switch to adress A1 via LMCE web admin, it will respond to command A1 sent by LMCE. But if I try to submit A1-ON via the PLCBUS software to that same switch, it doesn´t respond to that. That must mean that it isn´t possible to combine LMCE and PLCBUS remote controllers as their adress definiton aren´t the same, right?

Hi everybody.

I got the PLCBUS 1141 working by following the wiki instructions, but as I follow the log I get this error every single time I turn on or off the lamp!

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01 04/04/10 19:08:19.511 Error while calling method: Cannot call class method: cmd_350
error: undefined method `chr' for nil:NilClass, line: 795
backtrace:
in: (eval): 795
from (eval):795:in `gsdcommandin'
from (eval):402:in `datain'
from (eval):172:in `datain'
from (eval):17:in `cmd_350'
<0xb40c7b90>

And after turning on and off the lamp a few times the device dies:

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01 04/04/10 19:19:17.689 A CRITICAL ERROR HAS OCCURED (CHECK YOUR RUBY CODE) <0xb3fd0b90>
Return code: 1
3 04/04/10 19:19:18 31 (spawning-device) Device died... count=19/50 dev=31
Sun Apr  4 19:19:18 CEST 2010 died

I´m using 0810 and I have tried to reinstall a couple of times with the same error every time.

Any tips of how to get rid of this?