Re: Trendnet 200 Mbps Powerline AV Issues

[cameo <cameo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/2/2017 2:17 PM, Bob F wrote:
> On 6/2/2017 11:17 AM, cameo wrote:
>> On 6/2/2017 8:49 AM, Bob F wrote:
>>> On 6/1/2017 4:42 PM, cameo wrote:
>>>> I've been using the TPL-303E2K Powerline adapters for several years
>>>> to connect my IP surveillance cameras through them to Internet via
>>>> my home's 120V power lines. The setup worked for me better than WiFi
>>>> but a few weeks ago it stopped working. After some experimentation I
>>>> found out that the cams would still work from electric outlets
>>>> closer to my router but that's not where I needed to have them. The
>>>> best guess I could come up is that perhaps my power lines got much
>>>> "noisier" recently but I can't figure what could have caused that
>>>> because I have not introduced any new electric appliances that could
>>>> account for it.
>>>> I wonder if any of you experienced similar unexplained problems and
>>>> had come up with an explanation, and hopefully a fix for it.
>>>
>>> It could be like X10 signals. Plug something new into a socket, and
>>> suddenly the signal on that phase of the power gets sucked down to
>>> where it rarely works. The something new could be in any house
>>> connected to the transformer that feeds your house. Check whether the
>>> places the signal doesn't work are all on one phase of the power.
>>
>> Hm. Thanks. Of course I could not do much if the power noise comes
>> from a neighbor. I was also wondering if the power company itself puts
>> some carrier frequency on its lines as a means to remotely read the
>> meters.
>>
>
>
> It isn't necessarily "noise". It could be that something has a filter"
> in it that shorts the frequency of your cameras to ground at that
> device. You could be right about the power company equipment though.
> That one you can ask them about. They might be able to add a filter to
> your meter to keep their signal out of your house.

Good ideas. Thanks.