Lighting Control — 1-Digit Operation
The 1-digit operation can be used in addition to the 2-digit operation; it is used to reduce the number of
keystrokes for the lights/appliances control for up to 9 X-10® modules that are used most frequently and
have the same (default) House Code. The Vaux RC-8 remote control is initially programmed with a House
Code Factory Setting of “A.” For initial 1-digit X-10 Operation, a House Code of “A” will automatically be
used and you do not have to specify a House Code. If you wish to use a different House Code, other than
“A,” you must change your Default House Code — See Programming section.
A) Move the slide switch on the RC-8 remote control to the Lts/App mode position
B) Press a digit (0 through 9), corresponding to the desired Unit Code.
Vaux Digit button
X-10 Unit Code
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
0
All lLghts On/All Units Off
Note: Zone “0” commands all modules, on the default House Code, to respond to
the X-10 “All Lights On” and “All Units Off” commands.
C) Press the ON or OFF button to control the X-10 Module.
D) To Dim/Brighten the Module (Lamps only),
press
Chan down or up
button, and hold until the lamp is adjusted to
the desired level. Equivalently, you may press
Vol down or up
buttons.
Example of 1-digit X-10 Operation:
the factory-setting house code is set to “A.” For example, either a lamp
module or an appliance module placed in the Living Room may be set to a house code of “A” and a unit
number of “1.” An X-10 module placed in the Dining Room may be set to a house code of “A” and a unit
number of “2,” etc.
If you have more than nine modules to control, you may use the 2-digit X-10 operation, and/or build
MACROs of secondary X-10 sequences.
Lighting Control — Notes on Dimming and Brightening
Only the last module which was accessed (that is, turned on or off) is affected by the Dim/Bright commands;
this an X-10® defined operation.
NOTE: “Appliance” modules do not respond to the Dim/Bright commands. The Dim/Bright operation does
not apply to the “All Lights” zone; this is an X-10-defined operation.
More on X-10 Dim Levels:
The Dim and Bright commands from the RC-8 remote control, will result in 5 actual X-10 dim/brt steps.
This granularity offsets the latency of RF packet transmission with interactive control. There are 32 steps of
dim/brt levels available with an X-10 lamp module.
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