As dead as a doornail

Post by **Noel** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:26 am

Yes.. This morning. My Xanura system was as dead as a doornail.
Why the hell did it not work anymore?... Hmmm reboot the Eee box (running Homeseer). Still dead as a doornail.
I could see the LED blink on the CTX35, so command were send to the Xanura modules, but still no light action!

I was lost. Did the girlfriend plug something in (her game console) that was causing some interference? Did I change something in the setup?

After 1/2 hour it struck me.. I moved one Plugwise plug (the Circle+ one) to the main fuse box just before going to bed.
It was plugged in to the same power socket as the CTX35 (right next to it)
note that the CTX35 was NOT using the plug.

After removing the plug, the house was like a ghost house. Lights going on, off and on again. After some time the system was back like normal again

No clue why the plug suddenly started to interfere, as I moved the plug the night before, and I managed to turn off lights with no problem.

Post by **Digit** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:30 am

I wonder if you can reproduce this behaviour... could be very interesting to know, for a lot of people!

Post by **Noel** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:27 pm

Digit. I'll try again later today, and report back.

Post by **Noel** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:07 pm

I've reproduced the problem again.
After moving the Circle+ one plug back to the main fuse box, it took about 3 hrs to get my Xanura system to not work anymore.
Again. The LED's are blinkng fine on the CTX35, but none of the modules are reacting to it.

Maybe some other user can test this also?
Move the "Circle+ one" plug to the same power outlet as where the CTX35 is connected to, and see if the Xanura system will still work after (in my case) 3 hours.

Post by **TANE** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:24 pm

My Circle+ and CTX35 are in the same power outlet for about 1 year.
no problems here.

Post by **Pieterpaul** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:05 pm

Wifi, do you have a PMIX? Would be interesting to see what kind of signal the circle+ puts on the line...

Post by **Noel** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:14 pm

Chak. Do you have anything attached to the Circle+ ? I do not. It's just the empty plug sitting next to the power plug from the CTX35.

pieterpaul. I only have a CTX35.

Post by **TANE** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:36 pm

I have lot of devices attached.
I will check that later this week with the PMIX

Post by **Pieterpaul** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:46 pm

Couple of things you could try:
Do you have the problem:
1) when you put the CTX35 inside the Circle+ (so that the Circle+ is not empty)?
2) when you put something else in the Circle+ (a light or so, so that the Circle+ is not empty)?
3) when you swap the CTX and the Circle+ (so that the power cord of the CTX does not run so close next to the Circle+)?

Post by **Bwired** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:55 pm

I have a Circle in my fusebox closet and all the devices are on it, also the CTX35. No problems for me.
But it is very clear in wifi's case he has a problem????

Post by **Pieterpaul** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:07 pm

maybe wifi and zigbee just interfere [:)]

Post by **TANE** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:09 pm

thats true..it's possible....in the low channels...

Post by **Noel** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:24 pm

The crazy thing is that it's after some time.
I'll do some more testing tomorrow (as pieterpaul suggested)