Wireless Gateway

Hi All
I previously have been unable to suceesfully connect to the far side of the wireless gateway using Toolkit 1.5...Today i downloaded Toolkit 1.9 and now i can see the far side of the gateway ;-))... I have a plugin dimmer module and a plugin appliance module....I can learn the plugin Dimmer and can use a wired switch to control it , but if i then learn the plugin appliance module im unable to see or control the plugin dimmer and vise versa when i learn the dimmer module.....I must be doing something wrong ????

Any ideas please ??

Thanks
Frank

 

Hi Frank,

When you say "I can learn the plugin Dimmer", do you mean you can do "housecode learn" and join it to your network? Do you further mean that after you've done this you can no longer see it when you scan the network in toolkit?

Have you joined your Gateway to your network by taking it through a housecode learn operation with your Network?

 

Hi Duncan

When you say "I can learn the plugin Dimmer", do you mean you can do "housecode learn" and join it to your network? Do you further mean that after you've done this you can no longer see it when you scan the network in toolkit?

I assume you mean here put the plugin dimmer into learn mode and also the gateway then hold one button of the dimmer and a quick double press of the other button and the gateway fast flashes for approx 3 seconds ??? this i have done....

Have you joined your Gateway to your network by taking it through a housecode learn operation with your Network?

Not sure on this ?? But i have assumed my gateway is working ok since i can control the dimmer via my wired cbus system.....Just seems i cant get both units online together or im not completing the learning process therefore the module is not being saved ???

Thanks
Frank

 

I'm not sure whats going on.. try readdressing one of the units if its at Address 255, then reset the gateway, wait a few seconds then rescan.

 

Hi Duncan


Have powered down the gateway and reapplied power and rescanned ...I can only ever get 2 devices online one being the gateway....If i have the dimmer (device 102) online i can control it via my wired system or cbus remote...If i then put the appliance module in learn mode and also the gateway , the appliance module comes online when i rescan and dimer module disappears....At the moment im unable to control the appliance module...If i relearn the dimme it comes back online and the appliance module disappears ???

Have you joined your Gateway to your network by taking it through a housecode learn operation with your Network?

How is this done ???


Thanks for your time..

Frank

 

Frank, you seem to have done it already.. its done by pushing the little button on the bottom then broadcasting the House Code from another unit.

I'm still not sure whats going on.. even though the unit you CAN see is at 102 I'd still readdress it and repower the gateway.. symptomatically it kind of sounds like both units have the same address but Toolkit isnt detecting it.. failing that, we'll have to wait until the wireless gurus get to their desks tomorrow

 

Hi Duncan

Have readdressed the dimmer to 150.... still no joy

Have also reset the appliance module and readdressed to 151 ....I can now get it to work from the wired system ...but of course the dimmer is offline..although it can be controlled by the wireless remote.......

Thanks for your time...

Frank

 

Hi Frank,

We had a quick discussion around the office, your posts are being interpreted a few different ways..

It has been suggested that you are describing putting each unit online in turn and broadcasting a new house code each time.. this would mean your gateway is swapping between the 2 house codes that your 2 wireless units have. Ashleigh alluded to this above..

You need to put all units online, and then put the wireless gateway and ONE of the units into House Code Learn mode, with the remaining unit you can broadcast the House Code and cause all 3 units to join the same network.

 

Frank,

A good check that all 3 devices are in the same network is to enter Learn Mode on one of them.. if the others are in the same Network (ie have the same house code) they will also follow that unit into Learn.

 

Hi Ashleigh / Duncan

How embarassing ...I should have re read the instructions ....But i was so happy to be able to access the far side of the wireless bridge (have had it approx 12 months or so unable to use it) i didnt realise each device had to be linked.....Once i done that alll was ok .....Apologises for the wasted time on this....

It has been suggested that you are describing putting each unit online in turn and broadcasting a new house code each time.. this would mean your gateway is swapping between the 2 house codes that your 2 wireless units have. Ashleigh alluded to this above..

Guilty your honour ;-(

Thanks a lot
Frank