Home Automation - Need help chasing interference

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Need help chasing interference

Bob Sisson

2006-01-11, 9:21 am

We have started having interference problems at night...

Our phase coupler shows no problems MOST of the day...

Somewhere arround 9pm till about 10am it is showing 'ERROR" when it recieves
a transmission, so it doesn't get relayed, which means about half of our
devices stop behaving.

I thought it might be our Yard lights, which are an old mechanical timer,
but I tested that idea...nope, still getting problems with them off.

I have a powerflash module, and a small X10 signal strength meter, but am a
bit fuzzy on how to use them to chase the problem.

I have tried to think of all the things that get turned on at night, but one
by one they have been eliminated.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Bob Sisson
Bob at Sisson Family dot com

Harry

2006-01-16, 2:21 am

I'm not sure if this will help or not, but if you have a computer
interface module (either a CM11A, CM19A or CM15A) you could try
downloading the demo of Home Domination (www.homedomination.com) and
run it for a while. This will produce a log of all the codes it
receives. Perhaps examining the log may give you some clues. It's
possible a neighbor has some X10 activity going on around that time and
perhaps you're experiencing collisions. If you see some unfamiliar
house codes around then, I would expect that may be the case. Or if it
is the same house code, then perhaps picking a different house code may
solve things.

Home Domination is free for 30 days. Good luck!

Harry Strand
StrandControl, LLC
www.homedomination.com
hstrand@homedomination.com

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