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merkelck:
My 10+ yr., trusty old X10 system has decided to try my resolve once again. This time it involves the lawn sprinklers. I run a smart macro that turns on the master power to the sprinkler system and then after a 20s delay it turns on zone 1, delays 25m, turns off zone 1, delays 20s, then turns on zone 2, delays 15m, turns off zone 2, delays 20s etc. etc. etc. until it turns off zone 6, delays 20s and then turns off the master power. System has worked fine for years. However, after getting things in shape for another season of operation, it has developed a mind of its own.
Now after the first zone comes on and water starts to flow, the Master power turns off exactly one minute after that zone came on. Of course that puts an end to the whole cycle.  There was an earlier thread regarding this strange one minute activity but while I tried everything mentioned in that that thread, nothing has cured the issue. I have powered down the CM15a, replaced the batteries, cleared the memory and reloaded the timers and macros several times with no change. I created a one zone macro with different delays and the same thing happens. Exactly one minute after the first zone comes on, the Master power shuts off.  I am using house code M and the zones are M1-M6. The master power is M10 and I have changed it several times. The macro itself is M11.
AHP is version3.318 and it and the macro plugin are all registered although I understand that doesn’t mean anything anymore. I am running this on a PC using win10pro auto updated. The sprinkler interface is the WGL Rain8 wireless unit. All the zones in that unit are set longer than the times I set in the macro. The Rain8 device has no control over the Master power switch. The Master power switch is a PAO11 receptacle.
Any and all ideas appreciated
KentM

dave w:
This is a FWIW suggestion as I don't use AHP any more. but I run in to similar situations with Homeseer which uses an Access database, and the database gets minor corruptions. I would redo the macro. Keep the same steps, since it worked before, just force a rewrite and resave. $0.02

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merkelck:
Thanks  I appreciate the comments. This thing has now gone to shutting off after only ten seconds of what appears to be a normal start up.  I am at the end of my rope on this and am trying to find my original software to start over. What made you move to Homeseer?  as opposed to others such as HCA . I just have too much invested in hardware (and I am just too damn old) to start over..
thanks for your time

Tuicemen:
AHP and Windows 10 don't perform well if AHP is installed in the default location under program files this is particularly true if your Windows is 64 bit.
Timers are just one of the many things I've seen go screwy.
Try moving your AHP folder out side of the program files folder.
I've moved mine directly to the root (C:\ActiveHome Pro) and this improved reliability for me.
No need to uninstall just cut and paste ;)

merkelck:
Thanks for your insight. This is what causes mass greying of the hair, if you have any left!!  This thing worked for so long without a hitch. But more than likely the constant updates from MS are the real causes of difficulty.
What I have done now is this. I downloaded the "unreg" version of AHP because I discovered that all I really had in my files were the installer programs and of course they can't find the servers any more. So I installed it in a different directory under program files that I named ActiveHome ProU. The install created a folder under that one called ActiveHome Pro. When I looked at that new directory, all the basic AHP files were there with a couple of sample .ahx files. When I ran the program, the thing opened up with the UI exactly the same as I had been using before including the macro that had been giving me all the trouble. So I just ran the macro and it worked perfectly!!! So I am assuming the "new" program looked in the original AHP folder and used the most recent .ahx file to run. Now that I look back at that computer, I notice that the original AHP has had a 1 added  (Activehome Pro1). I then checked to see if the desktop shortcut was pointing to the new folder and it was. So my next venture will be to follow your advice and move the latest folder to the root of the drive, copy only the most recent .ahx files into that folder and then try it again. If that does the job, I can delete the old folder.

I want to thank you taking the time to help me with this. I have always admired the effort that you and others, BrianH, JeffV have devoted to this system over the years. My hats off to all of you.
KentM

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