Re: 3 broken WS12As?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

There have been a few threads over the years reporting similarly weird
symptoms that appeared to have been caused by either marginal signal
strength and/or noise (specifically from PC power supplies).

As someone else suggested, an X-10 meter might be well worth the $50
investment.

"random735" <random735@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>My housecode is C, the 3 switches are C11, C15, and C2.  I also tried
>assigning them to A1 just for kicks.
>
>I'm not worrying about dim/bright just yet, this is purely an on/off
>issue.
>
>The sequence is basically...
>1) light is off
>2) send C11 ON  - no response
>3) turn light on locally - works
>4) send C11 OFF - light turns off
>5) send C11 ON - light turns on
>6) send C11 OFF - light turns off
>7) send C12 ON (no device is actually on C12.  C12 could be any address
>really)
>8) send C11 ON - device does not respond
>9) send all units on - device does not respond
>10) turn light on locally
>11) send C11 OFF - works again
>12) send  C11 ON - works again.
>
>So basically it works until some other X10 signal hits the line, at
>which point it "locks up" or stops listening or something, i don't know
>exactly what.
>
>I can send those sequences from both the palmpad and from my Minitimer,
>using it as a mini wired remote, with the same results.  All 3 switches
>react the same way (with different addresses obviously), and changing
>the location of the transceiver or the minitimer has no effect.  One
>thing is for sure, whether I solve this or not, i'm not buying X10
>branded switches again.  I'll stick w/ the switchlinc stuff.