Re: Frustration with X10 Powermid

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

Are the units on top of a TV or a monitor?  The Powermids I have don't like
sitting on top of the TV.  You can see the LED get brighter and brighter as
you move the Powermid towards the TV set, even if the room's pitch black.
Some sort of inductive coupling, it seems.

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Bobby G.

<km@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've had X10 Powermids for IR remote control extenions for years, and
> I'm about fed up.
> I think its well known that they are very sensitive to their
> environment, and easily transmit spurious output. The LED on my
> transmitter varries from showing a very dim pulsating background
> signal, to an almost continuous bright solid. In the former case it
> still can function normally with most but not all devices.  I can
> usually get rid of the solid bright by some repositioning, but the dim
> pulsating occurs even with no receiver plugged in.
>
> Is there some substitute that is rock solid?
>