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RE: Powermid Interference?
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- Subject: RE: Powermid Interference?
- From: "Justin" <justin@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 18:55:48 +0100
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I had a similar problem when I left the side off a PC some 9-10 feet away
>from
I have a hardwired setup now.
Justin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Stuhler [mailto:julian.stuhler@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 May 2003 3:20 PM
> To: 'UKHA List'
> Subject: [ukha_d] Powermid Interference?
>
>
> Hi folks.
>
> Apologies for asking yet another dumb question - one of these days
I'll
> actually be able to answer something!
>
> I use a couple of the older Powermid units (the ones that work on 418
> MHz) to get IR signals from my home cinema into my AV system. These
have
> worked faithfully for a number of years, but they suddenly stopped
> working last weekend. After an enormous amount of painstaking
analysis,
> I eventually pinned down the problem to a new serial port card in my
HA
> PC (situated within a couple of feet of the Powermid receiver). With
the
> PC powered up, the LED on the receiver that lights up when it is
> receiving a signal is constantly on. I think that this is causing the
> Powermid to emit a constant stream of IR "white noise" which
is
> preventing any real signals from getting through.
>
> Has anyone encountered a similar problem? Is there some sort of
> shielding I could put round the PC to prevent this? Do the newer
433Mhz
> Powermids suffer from the same problem?
>
> Any help gratefully received!
>
> Julian
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