All is probable, but maybe very slightly the coincidence that many=20
occurrences happen at that same time. It is known where thieves can=20
drive down a road, and transmit a whole lot of codes to see if a door=20
opens, then come back another time an steal. The thought has come to=20
mind, that the wires could be an antenna, and as the power came up or=20
down, a random RF signal was emitted that triggered all these devices,=20
seems very remote, and well beyond my brain's ability to comprehend, but=20
we have had this setup for years and never seem it before. :)  My=20
thinking at this point, has anyone else seen this phenomenon or have any=20
thoughts. :)

On 2/21/2011 10:26 AM, Isaac Marino Bavaresco wrote:
> Em 21/2/2011 11:45, Carl Denk escreveu:
>   =20
>> No, that's not normal, for the opener to open on power up, we have had
>> many outages, or even if I unplug the opener when servicing (for
>> safety), and plug it back in, there is no action. The point here, is
>> this is not only my house, but many others, where doors opened and
>> lights went on, and this had not been common previously. I do have
>> several lights controlled by X-10, they were not affected. I should also
>> note, that on this electric power branch from the substation, which
>> includes a loop that we are connected, the common connection is a single
>> 2 wire primary>  120/240 volt AC 1 phase 3 wire + ground.
>>
>> Note that the open door, is dangerous with respect to intruders and
>> theft. Many have expensive tools/toys in their garage. Also it is common
>> for the garage to house door unlocked, with the locked doors only those
>> facing the outside.
>>     =20
>
> Perhaps in this event you experienced a very noisy/glitchy power
> restoration and the reset circuitry in the remote control board did
> strange things.
>   If there is a MCU in the remote receiver (very probably), the MCU may
> have been abnormally brought out of reset and executed the wrong piece
> of code.
>
> Isaac
>
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