Re: HELP - am I going mad?

["neil_goldsmith" <ngoldsmi@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Kevin Hawkins" <lists@u...> wrote:
>Thanks Kevin, I did think along these lines but can't think of
anything "new" .... also I have two lighting circuits (upstairs
&
downstairs) and both are suffering.

I guess what I really want is a 'plug in monitor' that I can take
around and listen/analyze to the x10 traffic - does anyone know of
such a thing? (I suppose a second CM12 connected to another machine
could fit the bill?)

Neil.

The LW10's will be sitting on a leg of the fused wiring for the
lighting
> circuits - your AM12/LM12 will be on a sockets ring.
>
> What I am guessing is that recently you have added something to the
lighting
> side that is either causing interference or attenuation of the X10
signals -
> can you think of anything you did at around the same time they
stopped
> working ?? Possibly a new 'energy efficient' bulb or security
feature light
> or something ? It is very likely to be something that got plugged
into the
> same lighting circuit, however it could be anything that got
plugged in
> anywhere, and the level of X10 on that leg got clobbered.
>
> Testing the CM12 on a socket adjacent to the fuse box was a good
move - but
> as it didn't work it points even more towards something on the
lighting leg.
>
> I've had more than one occasion when I had to run around and unplug
almost
> everything in the house to find the culprit. Actually isolating in
turn
> whole segments of your wiring by removing a fuse works well to
narrow the
> search. Even now in one particular area of my house I still have a
socket -
> on the same ring as others which are directly before and after it
in the
> loop. Appliance modules work before or after but not in this one
socket -
> very strange.
>
>
> 	Kevin
>
>
>    > -----Original Message-----
>    > From: neil_goldsmith [mailto:ngoldsmi@xxxxxxx...]
>    > Sent: 22 October 2003 11:19
>    > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>    > Subject: [ukha_d] HELP - am I going mad?
>    >
>    > within the last couple of days my 3 LW10 wall dimmers have
stopped
>    > responding to x10 commands - they still function perfectly as
stand-
>    > alone dimmers ...... the commands come from a CM12 driven by
AutoM8
>    > and all it's commands to AM12 and LM12 units work fine ..... I
have
>    > even tried connecting the CM12 to a socked adjacent to the
>    > distribution board - same results.
>    >
>    > What am I missing? Am I going mad? can all 3 LW10s have the
same
>    > failure at the same time? can the CM12 be selective about what
>    > commands to send?
>    >
>    > Any help most welcome ..... Neil.
>    >
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