Hi-
i recently upgraded my OPII from 3.11D to 3.12, and have been having significantly reliability problems with my GE Wireless sensors since then.
The problems started immediately after the upgrade: after the controller restarted, it immediately reported that all my GE wireless sensors were not ready. When I went to look at the panel, the lights on the board that indicate send/receive activity were blinking very fast, and the bus light on my HAI GE receiver was also blinking very fast, and every sensor id was flashing past on the face of the receiver.
I did a power cycle, and those symptoms did not go away. I proceeded to apply the update again. Then the problem went away, so I thought I was fine.
Since then, however, I have sensors that have started to intermittently report trouble, and not ready. The GE wireless system was stable and reliable before the upgrade but I have been seeing phantom not found and trouble reports since then. As an experiment, I replaced the battery in one of the sensors but the symptoms did not abate. I looked again at the panel today following a couple more trouble reports last night. The send and receive activity lights on the OPII board were blinking very fast, and so was the bus light on the GE receiver--but all zones were showing ready.
I've seen the problem reports from others here on 3.13 so I don't want to upgrade again. What's the best way to proceed in debugging?
Is there some kind of full reset procedure I should attempt, and can I re-upload my config via PC Access?
Or is there an easy way to revert to 3.11D? I don't have a copy of that firmware available--can I still download it?
Any other tips? I'm not sure if it's possible to get more detail about what 'trouble' signal is being generated by GE sensors: battery, signal, tamper, etc? Also, is there a signal strength indicator for GE Wireless sensors (akin to RSSI for HAI wireless?)
thanks for the help!
i recently upgraded my OPII from 3.11D to 3.12, and have been having significantly reliability problems with my GE Wireless sensors since then.
The problems started immediately after the upgrade: after the controller restarted, it immediately reported that all my GE wireless sensors were not ready. When I went to look at the panel, the lights on the board that indicate send/receive activity were blinking very fast, and the bus light on my HAI GE receiver was also blinking very fast, and every sensor id was flashing past on the face of the receiver.
I did a power cycle, and those symptoms did not go away. I proceeded to apply the update again. Then the problem went away, so I thought I was fine.
Since then, however, I have sensors that have started to intermittently report trouble, and not ready. The GE wireless system was stable and reliable before the upgrade but I have been seeing phantom not found and trouble reports since then. As an experiment, I replaced the battery in one of the sensors but the symptoms did not abate. I looked again at the panel today following a couple more trouble reports last night. The send and receive activity lights on the OPII board were blinking very fast, and so was the bus light on the GE receiver--but all zones were showing ready.
I've seen the problem reports from others here on 3.13 so I don't want to upgrade again. What's the best way to proceed in debugging?
Is there some kind of full reset procedure I should attempt, and can I re-upload my config via PC Access?
Or is there an easy way to revert to 3.11D? I don't have a copy of that firmware available--can I still download it?
Any other tips? I'm not sure if it's possible to get more detail about what 'trouble' signal is being generated by GE sensors: battery, signal, tamper, etc? Also, is there a signal strength indicator for GE Wireless sensors (akin to RSSI for HAI wireless?)
thanks for the help!