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[Techowl]

I did a search on this, and I found that a software update supposedly fixed it. The version I am running is a much later release than the fixed one. This just started happening today with my Christmas timers. I had to reset the CM15a yesterday after it failed to start the timers. It did shut everthing down on timne last nite. Any ideas on this one?

- Tim -

[Tuicemen]

Check your location in AHP to make sure that hasn't gotten changed some how.
tools/hardware configuration
Also check to be sure in your timers you don't have security enabled
If your using dusk/dawn settings make sure a delay hasn't gotten added as well
Note: you need to view advanced layout to edit these.
You don't state which version you are actually using, not that that matter as updating isn't possible right now.
 

[Knightrider]

Is the CM15A running on its own, or is it still connected to the PC?

[Tuicemen]

Is the CM15A running on its own, or is it still connected to the PC?

Good point Windows  time could be off.

[Techowl]

The timer has been reset, and it runs without the PC connected.
The time zone is set correctly and the batteries are fresh as well.
I did another reset this afternoon, and the timer hit on schedule, but it did that yesterday too. The problem seemed to occur the next day after resetting the CM15a.

[Knightrider]

This was a well known problem with the timer in the CM15. Turns out that noise on the powerline actually made the clock run fast. The best solution to date was to keep the usb connection to the pc active, which kept the clock synced. This problem is documented many times at this forum.
Best way to prove this is to see if the clock gets two hours ahead in a 48 hour time period.

[Techowl]

OK I would be willing to accept the power line noise concept, except that until I had to refresh the timers etc, this unit was dead on since January 2013. Power line noise would have resulted in those timers being off too, not just after it was updated.

- Tim -

[Tucson]

Very strange my timers all went off 1 hour early today also . I do not have working AHP software. Waiting for the servers to come up.

[Techowl]

Sorry for the long delay in getting back to the forums. I had to deal with the weather like so many others this year.

This problem seems to have been resolved. I erased and reloaded the CM15a 3 times, then the timers all hit dead on, and have been ever since. I also did the battery removal the 3 times as well, just to make sure there were no latent bits of the old programming left behind.

- Tech0wl -

 

[vbhltd]

Since Christmas (2013), I noticed the timers quite working, so I replaced the batteries in the interface, cleared the interface and downloaded the Timers and Macros; but I was checking the interface and noticed the date is configured for the future: 12/31/2014.

I’ve confirmed the computer date/time and is correct; and the date/time displays correctly in the AHP tray, but remains one year off in the Hardware Interface Configuration. I've cleared the interface again, removed batteries, shut down AHP reopened AHP, and downloaded Timers and Macros again, the but the date remains a year in the future.

I'm in EST zone, tried configuring a Custom Location in the interface as well as choosing a reasonably close location.

I am however running Version 3.236 and can't seem to find a server with access to the latest 3.3x version.

Everything has been working fine without my intervention for more than a year, other than changing batteries.

Comments or suggestions?