X10DC - X-10 Direct Control

X-10 Direct Control (X10DC) is a DOS character-based application that deploys a user friendly "point & click" interface which allows the user to easily send direct commands to the X-10 CP290 Computer Interface. X10DC complements X10EC (X-10 Event Control) and offers a variety of diagnostic utilities.

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Program Requirements

MS-DOS Version 3.3 or above
Serial Port
X-10 CP290 Computer Interface

Program Features

Supports Standard CommPorts 1 thru 4 and a User Defined Commport that can support any IRQ between 1 & 15 (inclusive) and any Base I/O Address.
5 Undocumented CP290 Commands:

Fade Off: Dims Light(s) to 0 then turns Unit(s) Off
Exclusive Bright Light: Issues an All Lights OFF Command then Brightens selected Unit(s); this CP290 macro can be used to incrementally brighten Lamp Modules that do not respond to an All Lights OFF command.
All Lights ON: All Lights on selected House Code set ON.
All Lights OFF: All Lights on selected House Code set OFF.
All Units OFF: All Units on selected House Code set ON.

Supports X10.DAT file format (used by the X10.EXE OEM DOS Program).
Acknowledgements sent from the CP290 (after receiving commands from the program) are monitored and checksums are verified.
A scollable Command History is available for browsing while the program is running.
A software based Signal Test Generator is available to assist in identifying and isolating X-10 transmission/reception problems.
A Debug Mode is available which reports all data sent from the CP290 as well as timing information.
Transmission Logging facility that captures CP290 Command echoes to a scrollable list that can be printed.
A CP290 Self Test with Event Preservation is supported.
Clock Synchronization function for the CP290 and PC.
Change Base HouseCode with Event Preservation is supported.

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[Download X10DC v1.65 (Shareware Version)]

What's New (Version 1.65)

X10DC Version 1.65 Changes
- Updated X-LIGHT Command Processing so that Brightness Level inversion is not required; Incremental Brightening section added to documentation and HELP file.
- Updated Author E-Mail Address
XDC Version 1.10 Changes
- Added Clock Synchronization support; the CP290 Clock can be synchronized to the PC Clock or the converse by using command line arguments or commands embedded within an X-10 Command file that is processed with the /F: command line argument.