Re: HA Issue

["Brad" <bsnedek@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Dave,

   I just got done looking around for that ACT Scope-Test2 setup. I
can't seem to find them online. Got any hints as to where I may
purchase one from. Looks like a better tool then the little Elk tester
I barrowed from a friend.

   I like to see whats going on.

   Thanks again
     Brad
Brad wrote:
> 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/
> > roZetta-subscr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx