Re: XTB-II Enhanced Repeater

["Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx>]

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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(much snipped)
>
> I locked-up a CM11A recently and without the Monterey, I would have had no
> idea where to look.  Worse, still, it was caused by a dangling serial cord
> and began long after the cord became loose.  I think that happened just so
> Fate could show me that my detector wouldn't solve every case of broadcast
> storms.  In fact, it would have gone off in the middle of the night when
> the
> CM11A reached some sort of critical mass and began "singing" its song.

Ah yes, I remember the CM11...

> The detector should be able to react to *both* valid X-10 signals and X-10
> noise on the line for thirty continuous seconds and then sound an alarm
> that
> required a push button or a cleared power line to reset.  Sounds like that
> wouldn't be too hard with what you're proposing.  Will the XTBII detector
> react to both noise and valid X-10 commands?  I ask because sometimes
> lockups are caused by a continuous stream of garbage commands as a result
> of
> collisions or unusual failure modes.   It would be nice to catch those as
> well.

I thought a storm would be a continuous command - like from a stuck Palmpad
button - and planned to look for a continuous stream of the same command.
It would be easier to respond to any "X10 like" activity.  That would catch
collisions.

Jeff