Re: Sudden Nuttty X10 Behavior.

[kpfeif <kpfeif@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Frank Olson wrote:
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>>Hello.
>>
>>I've been using X10 stuff in my house for about 3 1/2 years with
>>absolutely zero problems.  Over the weekend, however, my house has
>>apparently become possessed.
>>
>>I don't have a lot of stuff - four regular X10 switches, a motion detector
>>in the garage to turn on the inside entryway light (one of the switches),
>>and four PCS switches in the home theatre.  I noticed the other night that
>>the red status lights on all the PCS switches were flashing red.  Weird.
>>I plugged in the multicontroller and couldn't control them via X10.  The
>>same goes for anything in the house X10 - nothing worked.
>>
>>Also, the X10 switch controlled light in the entryway randomly fades
>>itself all the way one, stays like that for a bit, then fades back to
>>nothing.  Nope, no X10 interface is plugged in anywhere.
>>
>>Them, for some weird reason, everything works fine again - PCS switches,
>>lamp modules, etc.  I was just waking upstairs before, and suddenly the
>>entryway light did its thing, and at the same time the bank of PCS
>>switches (I could see both) starting blinking red.
>>
>>What could possible be happening?  Is this interference?  we have nothing
>>new plugged in - I have a filter in place for the undercabinet lighting,
>>but that's working fine.
>>
>>Help!  My house is driving me insane!
>>
>>Kris
>
>
> Do you have a coupler installed?  Perhaps one of your neighbors (with whom
> you might be sharing a transformer) has also installed some X-10 (or other)
> lighting controllers.  I seriously doubt your house is haunted.  :-))
>
> The unit is called a signal block coupler.  X-10 Pro PZZ01.  You may also
> require a signal bridge (X-10 Pro XPCP).
>
>


I don't.  That was my first thought - it would make sense.  It seems
that right after I turn on the light, it fades itself off.  A logical
response if I just turned the neighbor's living room light on...

Is there a cheap way to debug things?  Would this also explain the
flashing red LED on the PCS switches?