Re: XPS3 Strangeness

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do you have a coupler or repeater installed in the breaker panel or
nearby? Without at least  a coupler you cannot expect reliable
operation.  Best Bet (by far): buy and install an XTB-IIR from Jeff Volp
http://jeffvolp.home.att.net/xtb_files.htm. It is by far the best X10
problem solver available.  Second Choice and not nearly as good: Get a
plug in BoosterLinc from www.smarthome.com that plugs into your 220v
dryer outlet.

 David White wrote:
> I have recently installed two XPS3 switches. One - inside my garage -
> has a XPSS (WS14A) companion installed and controls my interior garage
> lights (both incandescent and fluorescent). The other is stand-alone
> and controls the lights on the garage's exterior (incandescent only).
>
> I also have a mini controller (MC460) plugged into an outlet inside
> the garage in a location where there are no switches so I can operate
> both interior and exterior lights.
>
> Finally, I have my computer connected to a CM11A running ActiveHome
> (1.3x). I am using this only for test purposes right now.
>
> So here are the issues:
>
> (a) It seems that the mini controller can ALWAYS turn the interior
> lights on (B5) but it has difficulty turning them off sometimes. When
> this happens, repeated attempts sometimes work - but not always.
>
> (b) I find the same as (a) when using ActiveHome and the CM11A to
> control the interior garage lights (B5).
>
> (c) Neither the mini controller or CM11A seem to have any problems
> with the stand-alone XPS3 for the exterior lights (B6). They appear
> to go on/off first time, every time.
>
> (d) I have also noted that the interior garage lights sometimes
> (while I was in the garage) turn themselves off. This auto-off thing
> is rare but it has happened twice that I have noticed (maybe more not
> noticed).
> My first thought is that the interior XPS3 is faulty (or maybe the
> companion) since the controller issue seems limited to that switch AND
> because that switch does the weird auto-off thing. But the interior
> lights ALWAYS seem to respond when either the XPS3 or XPSS is pressed
> directly an the controllers always are able to turn them on. So I am
> not really sure I can blame them.
>
> That would seem to saddle the problem with the controllers. But I'd
> think it very unlikely that BOTH controllers are somehow bad. And they
> both work fine on the exterior lights (and other devices). Plus, they
> do turn the interior lights ON first time, every time.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions?
>
> Thanks