Re: X10 continuous bright problem...

[Art Todesco <actodesco@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Houston wrote:
> Martin,
>
> In addition to Bruce's suggestion of a stuck button, there's a fairly common
> occurence with X-10 transceivers getting locked into a continuous state (I
> dubbed it "endless dim syndrome".) where they send DIM or BRT until
> unplugged. There's also a condition usually referred to as "powerline
> storms" which usually is associated with the Leviton HCA02-10E
> coupler/repeater although the symptoms you see do not seem to match those
> usually seen with the coupler.
>
> Are you using any X-10 transceivers or do you use your BX24-AHT? If you are
> using the BX24-AHT it will log any received RF as well as any received PLC
> codes so it can help isolate whether this signal is originating as RF or
> only as PLC, telling us whether to look under couch cushions or look for PLC
> gremlins.
>
> martin.reynolds@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> I've been running a fairly large X10 system for almost 20 years. 60
>> modules, repeater. I've eliminated the wireless leg over power lines.
>> It's been generally reliable, with a few soft spots on long runs and
>> the occasional killer power supply in a PC, printer or game device. No
>> whole house filter, but my neighbors are 100 - 200 feet away.
>>
>> So today, it stops working. Total shutdown. A little research turns up
>> a continuous E9/bright command. My little tester flags it as a strong,
>> clean signal with noiseless zeros and full strength 1s.
>>
>> A long search reveals no suspicious devices, so I turn off the
>> breakers one at a time. Doesn't work. I open all the breakers, and
>> find that the signal is on at least two separate circuits. I have the
>> repeater disconnected as well.
>>
>> Then comes an indiscretion with the tester as I connect it across the
>> two lin phases, and it ejects black smoke. So I never quite nailed it
>> as an external influence, but it seems that is what it has to be.
>> Almost like one of my neighbors is blasting e9/b with a big amp.
>>
>> Of course, it is gone now. And the whole house filter will arrive this
>> week.
>>
>> Anybody ever seen anything like this? It was almost like a deliberate
>> jamming signal.
>
I had a similar problem, my wife spilled
a bit of tea on her nightstand and
it splashed on the manual controller.
It sent out continuous stuff.  I finally
found it, unplugged it and all was well.
  After a complete drying out, it
worked again perfectly.