Re: SwitchLinc Reaction to Power Glitches

["John" <jonjon.winn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"RF Dude" <post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a Smarthome Smartlinc switche and a PowerLinc 1132 controller.  In
>our area when we have storms, we get a few "auto-reclosures" on our
>electrical utility.  That is, lightning strikes the primary (high voltage
>44 kV) line somewhere, and our power goes out for just under 1 second until
>the substation breaker closes again.  With a house full of electronics,
>I've never experienced any damage at all.  No signs of a power surge. Just
>a quick OFF then back ON again.  It is almost perfectly timed to make those
>outdoor motion lights turn on as if you deliberately flicked the switch
>quickly to turn them on manually.  Anyway, within a month of when I
>received the Smartlinc switch, I noticed it would no longer respond to it's
>programmed house and unit code.  It reset to A1.  This happened a few more
>times before I realized that it was related to the electrical utility
>reclosures.   I have whole house surge suppression too.
>
> Then recently, we had another storm roll through with a few more of these
> quick outages.  Now my PowerLinc controller no longer responds to X10.  OK
> on the USB side.  No damage to *any* other equipment.
>
> Anyone else been having trouble with Smarthome products being sensitive to
> utility power glitches?
>
> RF Dude
>


Hello RF Dude..
We have the same darn problem..Not sure what is happening but the power only
goes off for a second or two..Have a house full of darn lamplincs and
appliance lincs and a bunch of them reset to A1..Not sure if this will fix
it, but there is a series of commands you can send to it to allow
programming or not..If you have the cheapy software that came with the 1132
it has a window to do it..I have locked programming out and will see after
next power glitch..One note..If you send the programming lock code you
cannot even set the modules manually..Even manual programming is locked
out..
John