Elk M1 + new PSC05 + home made cable

[openboxtt]

Hi folks, I hope this is some basic problem I have but can someone tell me how to get the PSC05 to work?

I made and continuity-checked a 4 wire straight thru cable, hooked it up from J2 to the newly purchased PSC05. The light is on constant and stays constant while I execute various simple rules to turn on lamp modules or other x10 light switches.

Barring a defective PSC05, what am I missing? Does anyone have this working?

Currently a CM11a is able to control various X10 nodes without a problem.

 

[Photon]

Are the sqeezie tabs both on the same side of the cable?

 

[will40]

Hi folks, I hope this is some basic problem I have but can someone tell me how to get the PSC05 to work?

I made and continuity-checked a 4 wire straight thru cable, hooked it up from J2 to the newly purchased PSC05. The light is on constant and stays constant while I execute various simple rules to turn on lamp modules or other x10 light switches.

Barring a defective PSC05, what am I missing? Does anyone have this working?

Currently a CM11a is able to control various X10 nodes without a problem.

I had the same problem.

Crossover cable did the trick.

Read Here

 

[Spanky]

There is a 50/50 chance of the cable being wired wrong. Check the manual for the proper position of the ends of the cable.

 

[openboxtt]

Darn it! Those were my last two RJ11 ends....Will give it a try tonite if I can buy them asap.

Sounds like a very plausible reason. Nowhere could I find a specification about the M1's J2 pinouts while on the other hand, the X10Pro PDFs clearly described the 4 wires.

Thanks all!

 

[gatchel]

It you have a cordless phone or other phone with a lenghty cable borrow it to make sure the cable is the issue.

If you are tlaking about J5's pinouts, the pinout is on page 7 of the elk manual with a nice picture.

It says:
"Close up view of std. 4 conductor modular phone cord. When
viewed as shown (back to back), the pin to pin color coding
does not reverse. Cord for PLC must be similar to above."

HTH