Re: cbus dimmer issues

[Ben McCormack <yahoogroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All faulty zones are on the same dimmer module.

Faulty zones are in different sections of the house, so have been wired at
different times with different cable.

Will try the connections today and also run the diagnostics tool

Cheers
Ben

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On 24 Apr 2011, at 08:58, "Frank Mc Alinden"
<frankmc@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Ben
>
> Seem,s strange you have several channels (zones) go bad at  the same
> time....Are all the suspect channels on the same Dimmer module
???....If so
> its possible a loose connection(s) may be causing issues...Also check
the
> programming on the switches and channels in case they have
changed....Havent
> use it myself but maybe also run the cbus diagnostics app to see what
> messages are being sent...
>
> HTH
> Frank
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben McCormack" <yahoogroup@xxxxxxx>
> To: "UKHA Mailinglist" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 6:47 AM
> Subject: [ukha_d] cbus dimmer issues
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>
>> All
>>
>> I have got some issues with cbus and I am not sure what to do.
>>
>> One of my 8 Channel dimmers seems to be playing up. It has been
installed
>> for about 2.5 years and has been running fine until last week.
>>
>> It started with individual zones flickering a couple of days ago.
I pulled
>> the power and re-powered and everything was OK.
>>
>> I am now having the same issues again this evening. As well I have
a
>> number of zones within the same room, the faulty dimmer zones when
set to
>> 50% are much dimmer than the others running from working dimmers.
>> Finally when switching off the zones on the faulty dimmer they
turn off
>> but flicker just before going off.
>>
>> I am planning to power off the whole cbus system but apart from
this I
>> have no other ideas to troubleshoot.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated?
>>
>> Regards
>> Ben
>>
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