x10 not working

[pittom]

I hooked up key chain remote to board but can't get it to work.
I tried it manual key chain remote worked, led on key chain remote came on,but tried it on cai x10 page and key chain led did not come on, pressed on or off on key chain and no led.
Does TTL 8 stay on all the time?

 

[CAI_Support]

Did you go to IO configuration screen to enable X10?  Once that is enabled, OP7 is the signal line and OP8 is the power line to the X10 keychain remote.

 

[pittom]

Yes i did but does op8 stay on all the time because it is not

 

[CAI_Support]

It is stay on all the time at 5V when X10 is enabled. If not, then your output chip OP8 might burn out.
Can you test without enable X10, would OP8 turn to 5V when manually turned on in GUI?

 

[XRinger]

I used the FireCracker remote and found it worked very well. Just had to add a diode to it..  http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f147/Xringer/Green%20slot/R079.jpg
 
I'm having some problems with my TED power monitor, and I wondered if my program was cycling the X10 Firecracker too much.?.
I listened to the transmitter with a UHF scanner at 310.22 MHz. It was only transmitting every 15 minutes, as programmed.
 
Anyways, if you have a scanner, you may be able to hear the transmitter and tell if it's sending out the RF signal.
 
The American standard cable channel 38, found on old analog (cable compatible) TVs, has it's wideband audio channel centered on 311.75 MHz,
and may be capable of hearing X10 RF transmitters, if you stick a 10" antenna wire in the F-connector..
 
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One other thing that slowed me down was the X-10 addressing numbers start with '1' and 'A'  which in PLC is '0' and '0'..
My appliance module is set for C 8 and my PLC command is X10 2 7 ON  (ON or 1, depending on the age of the firmware).
 
So 'C' is the third letter and is equal to 2, when you count like this, 0,1,2   ~~~ A=0   B=1   C=2
Same with X10 module dial selection 8, being equal to 7, because in PLC, your first number is 0..   

 

[pittom]

thanks XRinger,i think my remote might be bad so i just ordered a new one.I will have to try the scanner trick

 

[pittom]

got new key chain remote today and now it works

 

[XRinger]

Great! I have one of those big clunky X10 HR12A remotes and it doesn't work about half the time.
The FireCracker transmitter is very close to the the RF receiver down in the basement, so it never fails to work.
 
I love being able to control X10 modules.. 
 
Take care,
Rich

 

[XRinger]

I installed the X10 line filter to block out the line noise from CFLs etc and now my TED is working very well..
The updating rate is about 3X faster than I've ever seen it. No long drop-outs like before..

 

[CAI_Support]

Enphase micro inverter uses power line to send its status to its Ethernet module, that can cause X10 and other power line communication device fail,  they suggested to use two 50mmOD ferrite toroid to filter that.  I tried that with limited success. I think it may need three or four those toroid to filter that.

 

[XRinger]

I used the X10 wired-in filter to block everything from getting to my TED lines..
I installed a new 4-socket outlet to plug my TED into.

 
Today, I plugged in a second TED display unit. While I was programming it, I noticed
the data link quality number was poor. I checked my old unit and it was also poor..
So, even after blocking everything from the TED display units, the data rate (update rate) is still marginal..
(It wasn't very usable before installing the filtered socket. Updates would sometimes stop for hours).
 
 
My plan is to install the second MTU (and the new display unit), so I can monitor two heat-pumps separately.
 
When installing the filter, I noticed the filter's ground (white wire) didn't have any affect on the data rate.
I left it disconnected, after testing showed it was drawing 70ma at 125vac..
 
I guess the series inductors did the job and the caps didn't need to be grounded.
 
Cheers,
Rich
 

 

[pittom]

I never had problems yet(I should not say anything)but this is good to now thanks

 

[XRinger]

My problems are with the TED units.. My X10 stuff has worked pretty well.
 
The only time I've gotten an X10 error (wrong device was turned on),
was when I used a handheld wireless remote (HR12A) to turn something on or off,
at the exact same time as the CAI controller/Firecracker was sending out a command.
The HR12A scrambled the command from the Firecracker.
 
It's only happened once or twice. So now I know to verify what's running
after I use the wireless remote.

 

[pittom]

i have a a command BEDTIME that turns 5 x10 off and had to use a delay after each command because cai was to fast for 5 x10 single  all at one time.
My use my cell phone(web page i made)to turn on/off/ if i want to do manually.So far so good

 

[XRinger]

When I started using X10 commands, I had a few failures to switch.
I think the RF receiver(TM751)  was too far from the breaker boxer. It's much closer now.
 
So, I started sending each command twice, with a delay in between.
I guess it works. Nothing has failed to switch so far..
 
FAN_ON:
    X10 2 7 1
    DELAY 1000  
    X10 2 7 1
 
etc