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[drc]

I've got Version 3.228.  It's done it again.  At 9:00 a.m. it wasn't working.  Now, at 12:45 p.m., it's working fine.  I didn't do anything in between (in fact, I wasn't even at home).  I'm thinking of shooting it and then myself.

[Dan Lawrence]

O.K.  It's not AHP.  Then it HAS to be something else in your house that has been added.

Suggestion:  Give us a list of all your modules and their addresses and locations.  After you post it, copy it to a word processor and use it as a check list.  Check EACH module and make SURE there is nothing in the room that might affect X10.

If nothing shows up, step 2 is to clear the CM15A, then create a NEW .ahx file with only 2 modules in it with timers.  Save it with a distinct file name and upload it to the CM15A.  Go into Windows Explorer and delete any .ahx file later than 2004 except the one you just created. If that works properly, begin to add the other rooms, modules and timers/macros.

[Knightrider]

Start unplugging items in the house (TV, fridge, washing machine, battery chargers).  This is a good way to find what's creating the noise.  Sometimes the most innocent appliances (portable heater) are the offenders.

[HA Dave]

Start unplugging items in the house..

Yes... this problem won't likely be resolved with logic and debate. Crawling under beds and tables, tracking down the end of any and every extention cord, will likely find your problem.

[dave w]

drc,

Do you have any transceivers like TM751 or RR501, or or plug-in controller such as Maxi Controller? You need to determine whether it is a CM15A slowly going south, (or buggy AHP as Dan pointed out) or noise. If your remotes/wired controllers will work when AHP /CM15A will not, then it probably isn't noise (although your on-again, off-again symptom description it sure points in that direction).

[Dan Lawrence]

He did post he's using AHP 3.228, which rules out AHP as a cause.  I suggested his problem is a corrupt .ahx file and what to do about it.

[dave w]

He did post he's using AHP 3.228, which rules out AHP as a cause.  I suggested his problem is a corrupt .ahx file and what to do about it.

Would a corrupt .ahx file be intermitant? Sometimes drc's system works.

[Dan Lawrence]

Might be. 

We have to wait until drc comes back and answers our questions.

[drc]

This is a very simple system.  Until yesterday, it consisted of six wall switch modules (five WS467s and one three-way PLW02).  The most important modules from the standpoint of security are the two outdoor light modules.  I replaced them yesterday with self-contained GE programmable digital switches, which seem to work fine.  Interestingly, the remaining X10 modules now also seem to work, at least so far.  Hard to tell if the system is fixed or is just in one of its sporadic working periods.  I should note that the modules I replaced were recently replaced  brand new WS467 wall switch units.  So, at least for now, I have a working system for the outdoor lights, and the AHP CM15A-controlled indoor lights are working as well.  By the way, I reviewed every piece of electrical equipment in the house and couldn't find anything that coincided with or could account for the on-again, off-again nature of my CM15A problems.  If the indoor lights continue to function OK, then I guess the problem must have been with the modules controlling the outdoor lights (which are ordinary carriage lamps with incandescent halogen bulbs and have been there for years).  I might replace one of the outdoor light modules and see what happens.  In any event, I am very grateful for all the help and suggestions.  Thank you all very much.