John Payson wrote:
>
> |Have you considered X-10.  I use it in my house and it is great.
>
> I have a few X10 items, and I keep having trouble from time to time
> whenever I use their wireless remotes.  Even when I change "house" codes,
> I still frequently have problems with the remote failing to operate a
> device, and sometimes have problems with devices not wanting to remain
> switched on or off [turn device off, and a couple seconds later it will
> switch back on, or vice versa].  Since I've had the latter problem on
> occasion even with the RF transcever unplugged I suspect the device's
> "load sensor" (which is supposed to toggle the module's power switch when
> the appliance's power is toggled) is getting confused.
>
> Any recommendations for how to troubleshoot annoying X10 stuffs?

John:

The steps you would take to troubleshoot X10 problems like this would
fill
a book :-) If you are really interested in how to go about it, I'd
suggest
you check out the comp.home.automation newsgroup (at least do a scan on
it
using DejaNews). There have been many, many postings about such things.

        Phil

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Philip Restuccia
Senior Principal Software Engineer
Periphonics Corporation
philip.restuccia@peri.com
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