Re: Preventing Random X-10 Code interference...

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"Michael G." <514mike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi guys!
>I just love these discussions.. they start off so easy to understand an
>then go right over my head.
>
>Dave, I do have one two-way device, but I shut down that circuit
>breaker, and the problem still continued.
>
>One thing I just noticed was that my old 17" Viewsonic CRT seems to be
>wreaking havoc with the system, too.  It's as if it somehow multiplies
>the problem with the LCD monitors.
>
>Now, I put AF120's on everything.
>
>This almost solved the problem.  Now I am getting stray codes about
>every 30 minutes (not every 2 minutes like before!) but you guys won't
>believe the pattern I am seeing.  You have to see my X10 Code Usage
>Grid to believe it!
>
>Maybe you can lead me in the right direction, because I noticed a VERY
>interesting pattern.
>
>When I look at X-10 Activehome's Historical Code Usage, as you may have
>seen, it lights up red for each stray code it receives.
>
>Instead of being red almost ALL over, as it was before I put AF120s
>everywhere, now, I am getting ONLY stray codes that are on numbers one
>or three!!
>
>In red, I see
>A1, A3, B1, B3, C1, C3, D1, D3, F1, G1, G3, G1, J1, K1, K3 etc.
>
>There were two others, actually, K6 and I8, but that's it.
>
>It's remarkable!
>
>Aside from those two stray codes, over the entire day, ONLY 1's and 3's
>have been broadcast!!
>
>What do you think about that?
>
>Is that indicative of something?
>
>It can't be a coincidence..
>
>At least I have an idea for a workaround...!
>
>On my three housecodes, M,N,O, I will leave 1 and 3 EMPTY!
>
>Silly workaround... I'd love to solve this!
>
>Any ideas?
>
>And thanks for the advice about the 6288 5A filters being more
>effective than these 15A ones.  Like my girlfriends always say, I just
>thought bigger was better......!
>
>These 1 and 3 codes are strange!
>Any ideas?  Have you seen that before?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike