Piced (C-Gate) connection problem

Discussion in 'C-Bus Toolkit and C-Gate Software' started by Thomas, Aug 11, 2008.

  1. Thomas

    Thomas

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    This question is probably for Darren:

    I have a system consisting of approx 70 C-Bus components. Up to now there are no problems with the system. When I connect with Toolkit (V1.92) the network scans in nice and fast.
    However, if I try to connect using PICED, to do tests, or set some system parameters, the following happens:

    If I start Piced without C-Gate having been opened by Toolkit, the network shows as opened after a short while, but does not come on-line. At least not within 10 minutes.
    If I connect with Toolkit, scan in the network, then either close Toolkit, and open PICED, or simply open Piced on top of Toolkit, the network opens and goes on-line in no time. However, after less than 5 minutes the network goes off-line in either case.

    I will e-mail you the log files for each attempt, and hope that you can shed some light into this.
    I have also looked at the logs and find that quite a few units seem to report a suspected duplicate unit adress scenario, something I find peculiar, as there are none detected by Toolkit, not even during a forced unravel.

    Your assistance will be appreciated.
     
    Thomas, Aug 11, 2008
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    When experiencing problems it's always helpful to post version information about the software you're using. Which version of PICED?
     
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    Don't be alarmed by the "Orphaned command replies" - there are some messages that C-Gate doesn't recognise, so it *suggests* a duplicate unit when there isn't one really. This is a known issue and has been fixed for the next release. As long as you have unravelled the network in Toolkit your unit addresses should be fine.
     
    daniel, Aug 12, 2008
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    Thank you for your replies.
    Newman, you are quite right. The program versions I use are V1.93 for Toolkit and V4.3 for Piced.

    Daniel, thank you for your input. I am wondering about these responses because I do not see them on other networks. The thing which is most peculiar to me is that Toolkit seems to have no problem.
     
    Thomas, Aug 12, 2008
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