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[tom j]

Just noticed that the activity Monitor is not recording  my timers incorrectly. For example I have a timer that turns the front porch light on 1/2 hour before dust at 70%. Well it's sometimes reported as 100 bright. This is just one example I have had other timers that are also being reported inaccurately anyone else notice this problem and is there a fix for it. Thanks

Tom j.

[Billaban]

Greetings,

I was told some years ago that the activity monitor had issues.  I was also told (and now can't find the thread) that there is a SW program somewhere in the AHP installation that can be used in lieu of the activity monitor.  Can anyone identify said SW?  I am also now having some very curious AHP macro behavior and I'm prone to not trust the info provided by the activity monitor.

thanks,

bb

[Tuicemen]

AHCVIEW.EXE included in the SDK will show activity!
Also some of the thirdparty software can do this PC Companion can as can X10dispatcher and I believe BVC !

[Walt2]

AHCVIEW.EXE included in the SDK will show activity!

Here is a link for AHCVIEW, if anyone is interested...

http://www.activehomepro.com/sdk/ahcview.html#download

[Tuicemen]

Thanks Walt2 the link had slipped my mind!
 

[Billaban]

Greetings,

Well, I spent some time AHCVIEW and got the same results as the Activity Monitor.  I'm struggling to figure out what has gone wrong.  I did recently update AHP to 3.228 but (I think) all was working for a few days subsequent to that update. 

I have been using AHP with the full compliment of Plugins for a few years.  I have a CM15A which I modified with a Radio Shack antenna wired in my attic to achieve acceptable RF reception.  I also have DX7000 based security system which continues to work fine.

I'll attempt to characterize the AHP situation.  I had another break-in attempt about a month ago.  Short story is the DX7000 based system must have scared them off (I have several sirens and most of the house lighting wired) once they reached the basement stairs where a motion sensor resides the alarm went off.  I was out of town and discovered the break-in when I returned.  Nothing was taken and nothing else disturbed besides the basement well window glass.  To improve my security I replaced some outdoor lighting with PR511s and added several exterior MS16As.  I started adding more macros to AHP and somewhere along the way of creating/testing/modifying these macros all macros stopped working.  My diagnostic adventure quickly isolated that most (but not all) RF traffic is now not being captured by the CM15A/AHP. 

I have cleared the interface memory and reprogrammed probably a dozen times.  I also replaced the batteries in the CM15A.  My RF reception is still good, i.e., what RF reception that does show up in the ActMon is from the garage which has been historically a problem area for RF.

I am also seeing some ghost RF traffic.  I have one unit of house code E.  This is a MS16A (a new addition set to E1).  I am now occasionally seeing bogus RF traffic on E3 for both ON and OFF at arbitrary times.

I suspect that I should uninstall and start over with whatever version I had prior to 3.228.  I don’t recall (since it has been a few years) how the plug-in registration will go.  I am also wondering if I have AHX file corruption but then again that wouldn’t cause the RF problem.  Logic(?) suggests that since all was working before I started adding x10 modules and making macro changes that this is not a HW failure.  Beyond that I can’t seem to decipher what I’m seeing and resolve it. 

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Billaban

[Tuicemen]

Billaban
It is not uncommon for an update to corrupt you AHX file!
some times it takes weeks for one to notice other times it is very obvious!
This is like 
Some times just over wrighting your AHX file with the Back Up one cures the problem! (You do have one I hope!  )
Other times you need a complete reinstall of AHP and all plug-ins (this is rare  thank goodness) 
Best of luck! 

[Billaban]

Greetings,

I have uninstalled and reinstalled AHP a couple of times now and have concluded that the 3228 update is at least part of the evil.  Basically nothing works when I install this update.  If I avoid the update and reinstall everything (well, almost everything ... I'll get back to that) I see the expected traffic in the Activity Monitor (AM).  I'm not back to 100% yet for a few reasons.  I am running AHP version 3204.

I have reinstalled all the plug-ins except for OnAlert.  During installation I get an error message box indicating “A newer version of this installation is on the server.  Please re-download this installation”.  I have no idea how to proceed to “re-download this installation” since it was emailed to me in the first place.  Suggestions?

I am rebuilding my AHP configuration from scratch.  Although for the moment without OnAlert I cannot incorporate my DX7000 system components.

I have only partially rebuilt and am testing as I proceed.  I am currently seeing the desired traffic in the AM (which I lost with the 3228 update) but some very basic functionality appears to have problems, e.g., direct command of lamp modules doesn’t work.  I see the appropriate commands in the AM but the lights don’t come on.  I’ll work this more since direct command of other modules does appear to work. 

My primary question here is regarding the OnAlert installation problem described above.

Suggest anyone considering the 3228 update to archive EVERYTHING before proceeding.  I corrupted my archives after doing the update and have yet to fully recover for assorted reasons……

[Puck]

I have reinstalled all the plug-ins except for OnAlert.  During installation I get an error message box indicating “A newer version of this installation is on the server.  Please re-download this installation”.  I have no idea how to proceed to “re-download this installation” since it was emailed to me in the first place.  Suggestions?

I experienced the same thing this week. The emailed loader file no longer worked for me either. What I had to do was dig out the original purchase email that I received with the link to the download site for my order. That link originally gave the same error but it now worked for me.

[Billaban]

Ouch.  I bought my OnAlert SW on EBay.  All I have is a zip file attached to an email.  I thought I was doing good when I found the 2+ yr old email in my archives....

[brp_]

My overall activity monitor seems OK, but the per-module monitors (the little History icon) are not functioning properly. Prior to the recent upgrade, they showed the activity specific to that module. Now each of these shows the entire log. As I have a motion sensor in my office (tied to a light), I get many hits on that when I move around...sometimes enough to fill the regular monitor. With this new problem, I can't look at per-module activity as it shows the full list.

Anyone else seeing this?

Cheers.

[Billaban]

Greetings,

Well, after some experimenting I can deduce the following:

1.  When I run AHP I have problems, i.e., 90% of the RF traffic is not being captured by the AM or the CView app.  I do get some which is strange but I'll move on.

2.  I do not have a RF reception problem.  My system with a CM15a modified to accept a Radio Shack antenna in my attic has been working for years.  Just to be sure I walked down the street again with a remote and was able to control exterior lights from several houses down my street.

3.  When I shutdown AHP and just run CView with all my macros loaded into the CM15A all the expected motion sensor RF traffic is seen and my macros are triggered etc.....

4.  When I run AHP I am back to item 1 above.

5.  This all started when I downloaded and installed the AHP update.

6.  I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times but I suspect the uninstall is not complete since this did not resolve the problem.  A weak uninstall is not all that uncommon.  I have spent many years as a SW engineer and maintained ghost images of boot disks for all my lab assets specifically because of these types of problems.

Has anybody seen anything like this?  Has anyone figured out what the uninstall issues are?  I really don't want to rebuild my PC from scratch to resolve this since it is my primary home PC, i.e., internet access, email, etc.  I have a ghost image but unfortunately it has not been updated for quite awhile and I'll drop stuff I'm not prepared to lose if I revert to this old ghost image.  My mistake. 

Unless I get some suggestions otherwise I expect that my next step will be to uninstall again and do some registry surgery to complete the purge and look for other residual files to delete.  Unfortunately this is a painful process.  I think the real solution is to dedicate a separate PC and maintain ghost images of the HD so restoring system integrity can be done in minutes instead of days.  This stinks.

Regards,

Billaban

[PajamaGuy]

I think more RF is hitting - and being recognized/accepted by the CM15a than is being reported by AHP - and I think the problem started (or got worse) with the new software.  Just a feeling so far, I'll try some checking...

[Billaban]

I'm inclined to agree.  One thing I have seen but not really scrutinized is I believe I can get the RF traffic to appear in the AM by shutting down AHP.  Provoking the RF traffic and the running AHP/AM and looking at the log.  The expected traffic is logged.  If I do the same thing while AHP is running no RF traffic is captured, macros don't work etc....

The first time I noticed this I just thought I was dreaming.  Second time around I knew something was amiss with AHP.  For the time being I have all macros loaded into the interface and AHP is not running.  Unfortunately that is not a permanent solution since I need to run some macros from the PC.

I'll run a couple more tests and provide an update.

FWIW - I am running XP and am about to install SP3.

**** UPDATE **** After some further testing the aforementioned is confirmed.  If I shutdown AHP traffiic gets logged.  If AHP is running the traffic is lost.  XP SP3 has been installed and has not affected behavior.

Regards,

Billaban

[Billaban]

Greetings,

Still no joy.  I completely uninstalled AHP.  Made a backup my registry and purged all the x10 entries I could find.  There were many.  Then I deleted all the residual files and eventually managed to kill and remove the X10nets system service that is also left behind after an uninstall.  <Insert your own comment here>

After starting to reinstall it seemed clear that I had achieved a clean sweep of AHP since I had to re-register and fetch my configuration file to restore my operation.  None of the aforementioned was required after a standard uninstall. 

Unfortunately it appears that the AHP update to 3228 is embedded in the updated OnAlert installation that I got when my old install would not work anymore, i.e., I am back to where I started.  Something in AHP V3228 is inhibiting the proper processing of RF and PLC codes.  When I close AHP and simply run from the interface all is well.  When I subsequently run AHP and the AM, the expected AM log entries are present.  If AHP is running the traffic is not captured and macros are not triggered, etc....

I suspect this info is only of use to anyone who maybe seeing the same problem and is looking for confirmation.  Based on what I have read on this forum it may be years before another update comes out that may or may not fix this problem.  I suspect it is time to find an alternative to AHP if I want to run Macros that cannot reside on the CM15A.

Regards,

Billaban