Re: Problem With X10 Transceiver Module (RR501)

[ddl@danlan.*com (Dan Lanciani)]

In article <1178397517.401821.108550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, taketheactive@xxxxxxxxx writes:
| Dan Lanciani wrote:
| >
| > I don't think that there is any state of the code wheels (regardless of
| > bad contact) that will cause the local button to fail to toggle the relay.
| > The relay itself might be bad or there may be some systemic failure.  You
| > could check whether it responds to a status query to see if it is just the
| > relay.
| >
| Even if the module (any X10 module with codewheels) was disassembled
| and sitting on the workbench with NO codewheels at all, if it were
| operational, it would respond to the address 'M13'.

And in fact deliberately setting it to M13 should provide the best
chance of remote operation...

| Is the switch under the pushbutton a PCB 'bubble' switch?

Yes

| Polling the device is a good idea. Is there possibly a 'strand-of-
| wire' fuse that may have blown?

On the current version it is near the prongs of the plug and labeled "F".
Of course, if it is blown then something else might be wrong.

				Dan Lanciani
				ddl@danlan.*com