RE: IR7243AH's - SUCCESS not the CCFs

["Dave McLaughlin" <dave@xxxxxxx>]

Mine t o is now working perfectly since I move it from the side of the TV
set. Even works with signals bounced off the walls. The cable still runs
around the back of the TV but it seems the box next t  the set was the
cause. Now works 100% each time.

Great, now I can get all my X10 stuff added t  the Pronto.... Thanks all
for the ideas t  check.

Dave...

At 14:34 28/07/01 +0100, you wrote:

 
Again that's strange as mine quite happily sits on the TV - in fact it works happily anywhere that I put it. I'd have thought more likely is a source of IR interference ... strong sunlight or fluorescent light are two possible causes.
 
Ultimately I have found that the All Housecode IR receivers have been 100% reliable for me.
 
The test X10 codes that I sent over worked fine however I found that for absolute reliability I needed a 0.1 second delay between sending house/unit codes and command (ON/OFF/DIM/BRIGHT) - this ties in pretty much with what I found when I first tried these devices.
 
Phil

-----Original Message-----

From: Craig Callander [mailto:craig@xxxxxxx]

Sent: 28 July 2001 10:33

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Subject: RE: [ukha_d] IR7243AH's - SUCCESS not the CCFs

I have found the problem with my IR7243AH not responding t ON/OFF/DIM-/+ commands...

 

It does not like t be placed near TV (metal??) and/or RF cables, esp Sky Digital.

 

I found this out last night. I went upstairs t download files (Thanks again Phil/Mark!!!) t prono via PC, and I t ok the IR7243AH with me. It worked with my original CCFs 100%....

 

mmm..

 

So I t ok it down stairs again, placed on the floor, plugged in t same socket as I was experiencing problems, and it worked 100%....

 

mmm...

 

I placed back on TV stand, it then stopped resonding t ON/OFF/DIM-/+ commands via IR, buttons on top work fine. So I unplugged TV and Digi box from mains, still not working.

 

mmm..

 

Unplugged Sky cable/UHF Ariel/and bedroom feed and it worked 50% of the time.

If I move it away from TV, it works 100% of time.

 

Why is this IR device sensitive t Sky/RF cables?? My sky is cable is CT100, but UHF is cheap brown stuff.

 

Can the others who had problems try moving their IR7243AH, and someone who does not have a problem move it near their unplugged TV and/or RF cables??? This may explain why some people have managed t get this device t work in some mains sockets and not others??

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