Re: Troubleshooting X10 interference

[Simon Ryley <simon.ryley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Right, before we start, I'm not an X10 expert.

But, hopefully can lend a hand.

Can you provide a little more info on a few things.

You have 40 LD11 controlling the house lights.  Are all 40 suffering the
same problems?  Is it just the lights in one area of the house, one
groups of LD11's or on one common wiring circuit or run?

Can you identify a point in time when all this happened?  Was it linked
to any kind of system change, no matter how small?

Does the same light always have the same fault, i.e. always dim, always
turns on / off, or can each failing light switch fail in both ways?

Does anything in the house switch on or off at the time of the fault,
e.g. kettle, electric oven on etc?

Have you had any lightning storms, power surges or blackouts recently?

The answers to some of those questions may help to narrow things down a
bit.

Simon

Paul Gale wrote:

> Anyone?
>
> Help!  ;)
>
> Paul.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 27 January 2005 08:12
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Troubleshooting X10 interference
>
>
> I've been suffering from various lights turning on/off but mainly
> dimming over the last couple of months. All lights in the house are
> controlled by approx 40 LD11's. They've been running with few problems
> for over 2 years now. It's only recently that the problem has started
> (so I think I can rule out cable run problems?
>
> I fitted a 250A filter on the incoming supply last week so would hope
> this is filtering any stray signals from the neighbours (not that I've
> found any yet using X10). The problem still occurs :(
>
> I have an XM10 connected to HomeVision Pro via a length of Cat5
(approx
> 15m) which runs from Node0 to the enclosures which house the LD11's.
>
> I've not totally ruled out rogue programming in HV yet although some
of
> the lights that come on have never been automated. A check here will
be
> the next step.
>
> Oddly, most of the unwanted on/off/dim's seem to occur in the evening.
> It's rare that they happen in the middle of the night or in the day
> (although this may be down just to not noticing).
>
> Any recommendations as to a troubleshooting procedure?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul.
>
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