I'm having a very bizarre problem with my WS467 modules and IR543 controller. Here is some background on what is going on:
I have a custom built media room. Every outlet and the lights are on one circuit (breaker). Between the breaker and where the wiring exits the breaker box there is a CorCom 20R6 Noise filter. This is to ensure that there is a bare minimum of noise entering the circuit from anything else in the house. So essentailly, the entire X10 circuit is isolated from any noise from the rest of the house. The X10 circuit is comprised of two WS467 modules, each controlling two incandescent lights, and an IR543 remote module to control the lights.
Here is the issue:
On/Off/All On/All Off work just fine. Dim/Bright however.... Here is a list of scenarios and the results, keep in mind that all of these behaviors occur with both sets of lights, so it has to be something occurring pre-WS467:
A. Normal - IR534 plugged into outlet in media room: lights will arbitrarily not dim/bright, dim/bright somewhere between 5-20% and then stop, or do either of the two and then the red light on the IR543 will stay lit and the unit will need to be unplugged and then plugged back in to clear the LED.
B. All devices unplugged from the circuit except the IR543 and WS467s - Same as A.
C. Random other breakers turned off - either acts like A scenario or functions fine. Turning the breakers back on and then turning different ones off yields the same results. If I go back and turn the first set off again it may or may not result in the same behavior as the first time I turned them off.
D. All house lights off, appliances unplugged, all outlets clear - Acts like scenario A
E. All house lights off, appliances unplugged, all outlets clear several random breakers turned off - Same as C
Ok, weird enough for you? Here's where it gets really strange:
F. Normal except the IR543 is plugged into an outlet in my shop (about 100' away from the house and through a breaker in the shop and a breaker in the house) - Works perfect.
G. Normal except instead of the IR543 being plugged into an outlet in the media room, it is plugged into a 50' extension cord that is plugged into the outlet (IR543 in same location as before, the extension cord is just looped on the ground). - Works perfect
I just don't understand what could be happening! I'm not going to have a 50' extension cord snaking across my media room just so I can dim the lights, but I would really like to dim the lights! I would think that this is a problem with the IR543, but it works great as long as it's going through at least 50' or so of wire.
Any ideas what could be causing this very bizarre behavior?