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[phil.harlow]

Hi,

I just started toying with AHP, and it seems to just not want to work. I have a cm15a and a simple macro set up as a trigger for d1 on, saved to my pc. in this macro it sets b1 on (my lamp). I have an activeye sensor set to d1. In AHP I can see the trigger button blink on the macro (d1) as it is being fired by the motion sensor. I even watch the little switch on b1 (my lamp) go from off to on. But no lights come on! I can then click b1 twice, once to turn it "off" and again to actually turn it on, but the macro fails. It is not a noise problem. They are 5 ft apart and signals work 100% of the time otherwise. Macros work 0% OR once I got it to fire ONCE, but then it just disappeared. The time it worked i had "save to my pc" selected. Does that matter? Am I missing something obvious?

Also In the activity monitor I see:
receive RF           d1 on
receive               d1 on (Room Lamp On)
receive               d on (Room Lamp On)
transmit              b1 (Room Lamp)
transmit              b bright 100% (Room Lamp)

There are missing numbers on two of the lines, (only "d" or "b" instead of "b1") could that be why?


Thanks!

[Puck]

Try setting this check box:

Under:
Tools\Preferences\Macro Options Select Issue 'On' in place of 'Bright 100%'

[phil.harlow]

Thanks Puck. I went ahead and checked that box and viola, full 100% light works fine off the macro. Then I decided I could make it do what I want... but I was rong again..
If i set a command to turn ON then dim B1 to 50% in a macro, the whole thing is ignored. The ON and the dim signal. According to the activity monitor it keeps spitting out both on and dim signals every time i move, and the switch on B1 keeps flipping up to 100 then down to 50, then back to 100, etc but the light stays off! Is this busted?

Thanks!

[Puck]

I don't think anything is busted. I'm suspecting that you may have one of the softstart lamp modules; these react differently than the original lamp modules in AHP. I haven't played with the softstart modules, so I can't suggest what to do/try, but if you search the forum you will find some posts by Boiler that will help you get the lamp working.

You also might want to use a status flag in your macro to prevent multiple motions from executing the macro.

[phil.harlow]

thank you puck! Boiler has some very extensive write ups. This need to be on their wiki or a user one because there's so much great stuff buried and hard to find. Thanks again for pointing me his way, Igot it working mostly

My new problem is I just moved, and installed three new easing on, dimming light switches, ws12a.
One works great. I love it. Except my old IR one had buttons for full brightness OR the saved one. But whatever.
One will go into random periods where it will only accept on codes. Ie I can turn it on with the remote, but then when I hit off nothing happens. Bright/dim, nothing. I can then push the button on the actual switch and it will turn off peacefully. And then again I can turn it back on via remote but it gets "stuck" via remote.
The third has done this but only once so far.

They are all equal distance from the cm15a. One across a big room, two right above it on the same wall upstairs. But the two upstairs have problems. This is all without ahp and just palmpad and other remotes.

Is this a noise problem? Lamp modules plugged in directly below the light switch work 100% of the time so I want to say no. Are the boxes bad? They will work perfect sometimes but randomly freeze up, one box a lot more than the other.

Can I test anything to troubleshoot?

Thanks again!

[Puck]

I can turn it on with the remote, but then when I hit off nothing happens. Bright/dim, nothing. I can then push the button on the actual switch and it will turn off peacefully. And then again I can turn it back on via remote but it gets "stuck" via remote.
The third has done this but only once so far.

Your lights are incandescent lamps correct? If so, and you only see problems when it is turned on, I first suspect the line / load wires of the dimmer are backwards.

Is this a noise problem? Lamp modules plugged in directly below the light switch work 100% of the time so I want to say no. Are the boxes bad? They will work perfect sometimes but randomly freeze up, one box a lot more than the other.

Could be some noise issues as well as a phase issue. The lamp module may not necessarily be on the same circuit breaker as the dimmer. There are a lot of helpful posts dealing with noise issues here on the forum. Jeff Volp has provided some excellent write-ups on the topic. Some more searching should bring you to some very good posts, but start here: Powerline Control Reliability (Moderator: JeffVolp)

[phil.harlow]

Thank you again puck. I didnt think it mattered which way they were wired, I'll try switching them.

[Puck]

I didnt think it mattered which way they were wired, I'll try switching them.

It's best if the path of the X10 signal does not have to travel through the load (light) to get to the switch.