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[birdzeye]

2 of my lm15a socket rockets have stopped receiving RF. They always worked without problems before, but have suddenly stopped. The only new thing I've done is upgrade AHP to version 3.318. These 2 socket rockets still turn on from a mini-timer and from AHP. Another socket rocket on the same floor is still working OK, and another light in the same room but controlled by a light switch is still working OK and receiving RF. What could be wrong?

[Brian H]

Well just to be clear.
LM15As are controlled by a power line command not an X10 RF command.

Not sure if there is anything in the AHP Bug List with LM15As using 3.318.

[dave w]

Isn't logical that the SR would have the "SoftStart" issue. Anyone know for sure?
Otherwise I would suggest you look for an electrical noise problem. Are the two SRs on the same circuit breaker? If so, "phase coupling" might be an issue also.

Start here:
http://jvde.us/x10_troubleshooting.htm

 

[Noam]

If you have one that is still working, you might try swapping that into the locations that aren't working, and swapping each of the other ones into the working location.
That might help you determine if the problem is in the module, or the location.
If you determine it is the module, then it might be the SoftStart issue, and you can probably fix it quite easily (search here for "SoftStart" if you aren't familiar with the fix).
If the problem seems to be the locations, then it is probably noise, and your best bet is to try and figure out what changed. Did you recently get any new electronics (cell phone chargers, computers, TVs, etc)? 
The troubleshooting link Dave sent is really a great place to start.

[birdzeye]

Well just to be clear.
LM15As are controlled by a power line command not an X10 RF command.

Not sure if there is anything in the AHP Bug List with LM15As using 3.318.

I could not turn them on or off with the palmpad remote like I used to be able to do--I thought that was RF.

So anyways I looked in my AHP Hardware Configuration and noticed the housecodes that I had checked off to transceive were all changed. I guess the update changed it? Anyways, I checked them all off again and now it's all working the way it's supposed to. I don't know why the transceived housecodes were changed.

Thanks for everyone's input.

[dhouston]

I could not turn them on or off with the palmpad remote like I used to be able to do--I thought that was RF.

It is but the RF goes to a transceiver (TM751, RR501, CM15A) that translates it to a powerline code.

[birdzeye]

I could not turn them on or off with the palmpad remote like I used to be able to do--I thought that was RF.

It is but the RF goes to a transceiver (TM751, RR501, CM15A) that translates it to a powerline code.

OK but what I originally meant was that I thought it was a RF problem, because I could turn them on or off with a direct powerline transmission but not an RF initiated one via palmpad.