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[KDR]

Has anyone else seen this?  Just trying to make a simple light come on and dim to 50% using a timer.

Timer is set to come on at dusk, dim light to 50%

light comes on full, software shows switch on and dim at 0. Then sometimes dim will go to 100% now and then even to 104% then back to 0 after a few seconds. Light is still on. Now the program shows the light switch off but the light is still at 100%

Tried this on 3 diffrent lights and all do the same thing. If i grab the slider and set it to where I want its OK for a while then the slider goes to the center with a "?" mark in it. At this point the program may report anything 99 out of 100 times though it reports the status of the lights wrong. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

[Dan Lawrence]

Clear all timers, and recreate them.

I have timers that dim lights properly, so something wrong with yours.

[KDR]

Thanks Dan, Going one better, cleared the controller, deleted the ahp file and started from scratch. Under hardware config memory used is blank for all.

I have added a module and one timer event to the new setup. When I view Hardware config now, it shows memory used for the dusk/dawn, timer and macro. As I add timers the macro memory goes up not the timer? My question is... are these labeled wrong and why would it show macro memory being used when no macros were created?

[Dan Lawrence]

For some reason, the Activity Monitor shows every timer event as a "Macro".   It's a programming error in AHP. (It also shows events sent by a SS13A  as "Transmit".  AHP does not refer to the Activity Monitor, the Monitor just records X10 events.

Let the timer run, then check AHP. If the light is on at the brightness you specified in the timer, AHP should show the lamp module at the approximate bightness the timer specifies.

My timers with dim settings in the timers light correctly and AHP shows the modules correctly.

[KDR]

Just re-did everything and it appears that everything is working except that AHP shows the dimmers all at 0% dim. The display stops for  moment at the correct dim setting then jumps to 0%. (about 3 seconds)

I may have found the problem. I have a 4826B repeater and when it is unplugged everything shows correct. When I plug it in thats when all the dim levels go to 0%. It seems to take 3 seconds for this to happen on each dimmed light. About the same delay I am getting out of the repeater. Also history shows 2 dims, one says Rec dim 65% then 3 seconds later a snd dim 68%. Was wondering if there was a way to disable just the repeater portion of the 4826B?

[Dan Lawrence]

I would remove the 4826B repeater completely, as it appears to be the sole souce of your problems.  Why did you get in the first place?

Some Smart Home equipment is not fully X10 comapatable.

[KDR]

Dan,  got the coupler/repeater because of some outlets on the other phase were working only now and then. When I added it that corrected the problem. Since then I also added a filter on my computer equipment which has 3 UPS's on it.

I removed the repeater and my system worked like a champ yesterday, even the outlets on the other phase. Guessing that the filter helped and the signal is not being sucked up by the UPS equipment.

I would think that I should be able to use the 4826B since many other people use it without problems. But I will leave it out for now.

thanks for your help

[Dan Lawrence]

Good.

UPS units are notorious for "eating" X10 signals.  Once you added to filter to it, X10 signal problems went away.   PC power supplies are another noise source.

[mason]

msg for Dan or others:
 How do I filter my UPS?
Thanks in advance...

[TakeTheActive]

msg for Dan or others:
 How do I filter my UPS?
Thanks in advance...

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[/OPINION]

Let's see -

• Joined @ 13:34
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• Left @ 13:41 (~3 minutes after that)

 

No time to read? 

I've spent the past week READING both New and Old messages - if a Newbie can't spent AT LEAST a few hours reading *BEFORE* asking a question that has been asked *MANY* times before, I, personally, won't answer it... [But, I *MAY* nag / rag him about it! ]

GEEZ mason, how are you ever going to LEARN HOW TO FISH if you always ask folks to GIVE YOU A FISH?!? 

... How do I filter my UPS?

BUY A FILTER AND INSTALL IT!