Re: HA Issue

["Brad" <bsnedek@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Dave,

   yup, 1132B PowerLinc. And that was my exact issue with the
SwitchLincs. They would just flash away, and never accept the assigned
House and Unit I sent them.

   Sooo, It sounds like I need to switch to the tw523 or psc05. Thats
not too bad I only have 2 PowerLincs to replace. Then I can take one
apart and see if it can be tuned alittle better.

   I thought about the noise issue so I barrowed an ELK signal
detector. Thanks to Jeff's XTB I have tons of signal but really never
saw much noise on the ELK. Thats why I was fustrated with this.

   Thanks for the tip
    Brad

On Oct 19, 8:30 am, nob...@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston) wrote:
> I think you are referring to the 1132B. I bought one when they were
> introduced and found that they were overly sensitive to low level and
> out-of-band (I think) noise. They would become deaf to the powerline. I
> never found any way to fix it. Someone who sells thousands of TW523s was
> looking at using them but experienced the same problem.
>
> All of their later models appear to have the same issue. The LEDs on the
> 2000STW lamp modules and 2414S interface would flicker rapidly if on the
> same circuit with an older MultiSync monitor. I could not see any noise on
> my scope through an ACT Scope-Test2 which is why I think it was reacting to
> something out of the normal X-10 frequency band.
>
>
>
> "Brad" <bsne...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Good Morning All,
>
> >   I seem to be having an issue with a couple of Smarthome PowerLincs.
> >My tw523's all work fine as does my XTB and CM11. Over the last couple
> >of weeks I seem to be getting a lot of failures on the X10 portion of
> >my system.
>
> >   In my garage for example, I monitor my well pump, an rf motion
> >detector in the driveway, and a motion detector at my back gate. Latley
> >I have little or no communication with these devices. The garage system
> >uses a custom built pic board with a PowerLinc.
>
> >   My front yard low voltage lighting is partly controlled by a
> >PowerLinc and a custom built pic board. It is not receiving X10 from my
> >system.
>
> >   My question is. These PowerLincs seem to be somewhat smart. Is there
> >a way to reset them other then to remove power? Is there an issue with
> >these units? I am using them in plain old tw523 mode. I am starting to
> >get fustrated with these units. I bought a couple of SwitchLincs a
> >while back and all they did was slam my system with a bunch of X10
> >traffic. Can the PowerLincs do that to?
>
> >Thanks For Your Time
> >      Bradhttp://www.davehouston.nethttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/roZetta/
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