Re: LampLinc 2000STW - mystery solved

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"John" <jonjon.winn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>
>> Yes John,
>>
>> I have about a dozen or so of the Smarthome modules/Switches. Out of the
>> 12 I have 2 that will lose their address during brief power outages. I
>> also have a whole house surge supressor. I don't know why only 2 out of
>> the 12 have this problem, I have even switched the location of the
>> modules with locations I have no problems with, and the problem follows
>> the module.
>
>Hi Kevin..
>That stinks, if these things are that sensitive that a power outage will
>cause them to do this..I emailed Smarthome and they blame it on my
>power..They need to build them more robust apparently..Funny thing is, if I
>unplug them, and replug them they are fine..But after a power outage they
>lose memory..Can't figure that one out..Only thing I can figure out is our
>power usually only goes off for a couple of seconds until the substation can
>switch to a different circuit..It's very frustrating..All of mine are still
>under warrenty, I may start sending them back a couple at a time for
>exchange..Maybe I got a bad batch..I bought so many over a period of time I
>don't have any way of knowing which was what..But all within the two years..
>Other than that I love them..They do work (when working) better than the X10
>units...One thing I do like that if the power goes off at night and comes
>back on your not left in the dark...
>
>John

You are probably experiencing a brownout (a lowering of voltage, perhaps
just before a full outage) that is affecting the PIC. This is a design flaw
- it has nothing to do with your power being substandard as everyone
experiences these at one time or another.