Some light come on thier own HELP

Started by danncas, November 01, 2006, 07:25:54 AM

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danncas

 Ever since I Installed the outside motion sensors some lights come on by themselves. My house code M.  M7 M8 and M1 come on for some reason.  THe sensoe ar set for M6 and M11 which do come on too. Any ideas.

steven r

Sensors user 2 sequential codes each, the 2nd for dusk / dawn, so that maybe the problem with M7. For M8 and M1 I don't know. Have you recently added any macros that have dim commands? (AHP has a ghost command bug that happens when a command happens right after a dim command. - Work around is to put a few second delay after each dim command.)
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What type of lights are they? Incandescent, CFL, etc.

What types of modules/switches are the lights connected to?

And as per steven r's suggestion are you using ActiveHomePro, or another type of transceiver and/or controller for normally operating your lights?


danncas

m7 m8 are decora switch. might be levition.  M1 is a appliance module. Just got of the phone with Tech support and she told me about the sensor putting out the extra code so M6 +1  =M7. To bad that sticks it should only put out the M6 now you louse a adddress. But that doesn't exsplain M8 and M1

Puck

Quote from: danncas on November 01, 2006, 02:34:00 PM
M1 is a appliance module.

The appliance module could be triggering from it's local current sensing circuit.

Quote from: danncas on November 01, 2006, 02:34:00 PM
m7 m8 are decora switch. might be levition.

I'm not familiar with leviton switches, so I don't know if they have any unique characteristic.

Outside of the possibility for M7 getting triggered, it seems odd that all 3 would act up after installing one motion sensor. Has anything else changed / been added since the motion detector? Even possibly a non-X10 appliance that could be generating a lot of electrical noise?

Quote from: danncas on November 01, 2006, 02:34:00 PM
To bad that sticks it should only put out the M6 now you louse a adddress. But that doesn't explain M8 and M1

You didn't mention what type your motion sensor is, but the ActiveEye model (MS16A) has the ability to turn this option off. Unfortunately, the other models don't.

Charles Sullivan

Quote from: danncas on November 01, 2006, 02:34:00 PM
m7 m8 are decora switch. might be levition.  M1 is a appliance module. Just got of the phone with Tech support and she told me about the sensor putting out the extra code so M6 +1  =M7. To bad that sticks it should only put out the M6 now you louse a adddress. But that doesn't exsplain M8 and M1

If you don't want the M6+1, open the housing and put a piece of black tape over the photocell.  It'll nominally void your warranty, but the tape is removable and if you're careful you shouldn't have any problems.

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Quote from: danncas on November 01, 2006, 02:34:00 PM
...Just got of the phone with Tech support and she told me about the sensor putting out the extra code so M6 +1  =M7. To bad that sticks it should only put out the M6 now you louse a adddress...
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