Re: Sudden Nuttty X10 Behavior.

["Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"kpfeif" <kpfeif@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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).