Re: Water heater eating X-10 signal

["Mr. Land" <graftonfot@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 30, 4:29 pm, nob...@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston) wrote:
> "Mr. Land" <grafton...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >A most generous offer, thank you very much!  Unfortunately, I'm pretty
> >far from DC, but I appreciate it.  I actually have a pretty old dual-
> >channel scope and an ACT Scope-Test rig I could try to use, but I'm
> >not sure what I'd be looking for.  I got the Scope Test because I
> >already had the 'scope, but I've never used it - I could probably be
> >staring right into a garbled X-10 waveform and not know it.
>
> Some pages on my website show X-10 signals using the Scope-Test2. While it
> may, itself filter out higher frequencies, it will show the actual X-10
> bits. However, it's best used with a scope that can capture and store the
> signal - it's impossible to analyze things in realtime.
>
>      http://davehouston.net/noise.htm
>      http://davehouston.net/x10-sig.htm
>
> I'd suggest the 0.1=B5F cap and 100-ohm resistor as earlier suggested by =
Dan
> Lanciani and myself (the Microchip appnote I cited uses this). =20

Thanks for these links, I'll definitely check them out.

Unfortunately, my scope is a rather old, 70's era, dual channel analog
model - no storage capabilities at all.