Re: 3 broken WS12As?

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

If a problem affects all three switches at once I'd probably suspect the
transceiver since it's a common operational link.  Far more likely than
getting 3 bum switches, I would think.

Next time it happens, trying unplugging and replugging the transceiver  to
see if that action clears the problem as well.  Which make(s) and model(s)
transceiver are you using? Sounds like a variation on the endless DIM
problem, but that's just a guess.  This is another situation where a meter
makes all the difference in diagnosing the problem.

--
Bobby G.

"random735" <random735@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1119149404.789896.301410@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I ordered 3 WS12As (new, in packaging).  When they arrived my troubles
> began...  I used two of them to replace smart-home appliance(relay)
> decora switches which had been working fine those locations (but i
> wanted dimming capability, hence the swap-out.  my loads are all
> incadescent).
>
> Wired them all up, local control works fine.  Turning them off remotely
> once they are turned on works fine.  Now here's the tricky part:
>
> If i turn one off, then hit another button on my palmpad, then try to
> turn the original light back on, it is now unresponsive to any X10
> commands i send, until i locally toggle the light.  In otherwords, the
> switch responds fine if you "initialized it" by starting it on and
> turning it off w/ X10, but as soon as another PLC signal goes out over
> the line, it seems to become unresponsive to any X10 commands.  This
> behavior is identical for all 3 switches, i've moved my transceiver
> around, etc etc etc.....
>
> Has anyone seen/heard of anything like this?  I hate to think I managed
> to get 3 bum units.
>
> Thanks.
>