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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Troubleshooting Automation Problems => Topic started by: TakeTheActive on December 05, 2006, 08:12:45 PM
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I'm putting together a "X10 Troubleshooting Questionaire" (which will be a LOCKED post, that we can all reference, which ASKS the "proper questions") that we can point NEWBIEs with problems to so that we can get a better understanding of *BOTH* their problem(s) *AND* their experience level.
Please add your suggestions to this thread and when we all (or I ;) ) feel that it's complete, I'll move it to the LOCKED post that we can LINK to.
Thanks! :)
My First Pass:
- 1.) How long have you been using X10 products?
- 2.) Which Computer Interface module(s) [i.e. CM11A/CM15A] do you currently have in service? How many of each? - JimC
- If you're experiencing a CM15A/AHP problem: - Puck
* - What version of the software are you running?
* - What Plug-Ins do you have installed?
- 3.) Which Transceivers do you currently have in service? How many of each? - JimC
- 4.) Which Transmitters (PLC and RF) do you currently have in service? How many of each? - JimC
- 5.) Do you have a 'Capacitor / Passive Coupler / Repeater-Coupler / Other' installed across your phases? If so, which one? Why did you need it?
- 6.) Do you have any X10 Filters installed? How many? Where? Why?
- 7.) Do you own (and know how to use) an X10 Signal Strength Meter? Which one?
- 8.) What is your "Electrical Expertise"?
- Can you install a new outlet? [Bust open sheetrock, run wire, tie into existing / install new circuit breaker.]?
- Do you own (and know how to use) a VOM/DVM?
- Do you own (and know how to use) an oscilloscope?
- 9.) What have you already tried? What were the results? - Puck
- 10.) Have you mapped out your electrical circuits per Puck's Tutorial? - KDR
- How to Map your Electrical Circuits (courtesy of Puck) (http://www.x10community.com/forums/index.php?topic=11117.msg63562#msg63562)
- MAP / MEASURE / CORRECT (http://www.x10community.com/forums/index.php?topic=9899.msg62635#msg62635)
- 11.) Have you LOCATED and FILTERED your SIGNAL SUCKERS?
- Locating and Filtering SIGNAL SUCKERS Using the ELK ESM-1 (courtesy of Jeff Volp) (http://www.x10community.com/forums/index.php?topic=10187.msg58732#msg58732)
- 12.) ...MORE IDEAS HERE PLEASE... ;)
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- 10.) What have you already tried and what were the results?
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- 11.) Have you mapped out your electrical system per Pucks Tutorial?
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- 12.) If an AHP problem, what version are you running and what Plug-Ins are installed?
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- 11.) Have you mapped out your electrical system per Pucks Tutorial?
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- How to Map your Electrical Circuits (Read 32 times) (http://www.x10community.com/forums/index.php?topic=11117.msg63562#msg63562)
. - MAP / MEASURE / CORRECT (http://www.x10community.com/forums/index.php?topic=9899.msg62635#msg62635)
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3.) Which Transceivers do you own? How many of each?
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4.) Which Transmitters (PLC and RF) do you own? How many of each?
Would we also want to know how many of each of the items in 3 and 4 are in use? ???
I own many transceivers but only use one other than the CM15A.
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Thanks for your input Folks! ;D
OP has been updated...
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#1 is irrelevant!
Many oldtime users of X10 know nothing about filters or phase couplers! ::) ???Why ??? ???
Thus they have similar issues! The answers to other questions will tell us How experienced they are!
#12: Have you made any resent upgrades? Software( version update)/Hardware(Cm11A to CM15A)
#13 Have you done an ADVANCED SEARCH (http://www.x10community.com/forums/index.php?action=search;advanced) on your problem!