RE: More dead CM12Us

["Chris Williams" <Chris@xxxxxxx>]

Malcolm,

Mine died a while ago.  I sent it back to HomeBase under warrantee.  I
attached the following which would indicate a system fault:

http://www.geocities.com/ido_bartana/CM11Aoverheating.htm

They refused to fix it and asked me how I wanted then to dispose of it.
Wasn't best pleased.

I had another one bought cheap like yours, so just gave up as I wasn't
using
it at the time.

I decided to use the other one a few days ago - brand new - no joy!  Well
pissed off.
I noticed that it can receive ok but can't transmit!  I am hoping that with
time I can fix it?

Not much help, but I understand your frustration.

PS  I have noticed that placing a Wi-Fi AP near a X10ME (unintelligent
interface) caused it to be unable to transmit!

Cheers,

Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: m_surgenor [mailto:zen8432@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 November 2003 22:59
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] More dead CM12Us



When I came home tonight I knew something was wrong straight away as
there was no lights on and all the curtains were still open!  :-)   A
quick check revealed I could send any X10 commands via HomeSeer.
Pulled out my CM12U and discovered that the fuse had gone. Replaced
that - still no joy.  I recalled all the previous threads about
locked up CM12's so I tried all the documented fixes for that - left
it unplugged for some time, removed the batteries, reset it by
plugging it into an appliance module, etc, etc. Still no joy.

Then I remembered I'd once bought a spare one cheap when Homebase
stopped selling X10 so dragged that out of the loft - brand new and
never used. Still no joy.

Next I tried Dan Toma's Serial Port Communication Analyzer (SPCA)
program and used the CM12 specific test.  On both of my CM12's I get
an "X10 Communication Error".  What does this mean?

Next step will be to try another serial port on the PC but a) I've
never experienced a serial port failure before (ever) and b) it's a
major job to strip out my 'node zero' to get into the back of my
HomeSeer PC...

Any other thoughts before i try this?

Malcolm

PS this setup has been working like this for years and it's a number
of weeks since I made any changes.



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