X-10 help

[jason the filter freak]

I'm having a little bit of trouble with my x-10 set up. In my house they flip on and off occasionally due to what I belive is elextrical interferance. Could I plug my x-10 controller module and the two switch boxes that I'm going to plug x-10 remote modules into say a UPS will that help?

 

Basically plug the master control module that sends signals into a UPS and then also plug in two power strips into the UPS and then just hook the remote modules up to the power strips

Edited November 14, 2008 by jason the filter freak

[SeanCallan]

I'm having a little bit of trouble with my x-10 set up. In my house they flip on and off occasionally due to what I belive is elextrical interferance. Could I plug my x-10 controller module and the two switch boxes that I'm going to plug x-10 remote modules into say a UPS will that help?

 

Faraday cage.

[MisterTang]

So the controller and the modules will be on the same UPS? This might work, but the UPS will almost certainly dampen any signals going out or coming in, so it'll all need to be on the same unit.

 

You can get several modules that can dampen the noise coming in from the grid. Most of the time, it's actually devices in your house, not grid noise. You can get dampeners to put between large televisions and other noisy electronics to mitigate this.

Edited November 14, 2008 by MisterTang

[jason the filter freak]

Yea basically plug the master control module that sends signals into a UPS and then also plug in two power strips into the UPS and then just hook the remote modules up to the power strips

[MisterTang]

Yea basically plug the master control module that sends signals into a UPS and then also plug in two power strips into the UPS and then just hook the remote modules up to the power strips

 

Ah, ok... historically, modules on power strips have trouble "hearing" the base station. You can try it, but my experience was that I had to hit the button five or six times before the module finally got the signal.

[jason the filter freak]

 

Ah, ok... historically, modules on power strips have trouble "hearing" the base station. You can try it, but my experience was that I had to hit the button five or six times before the module finally got the signal.

 

This doesn't seem to be an issue. I just hooked a power strip into another power strip into a wall socket on the other side of the room and get great connectivity but thanks for the heads up I would never have considered testing that.

[dbartco]

try it without the ups...

[jason the filter freak]

try it without the ups...

Try what the linked power strips...? I don't have a UPS yet... at least one that works I'll get one if I can get enough of a response that says it will isolate noise.

[dbartco]

just wondering if there was some filtering going on to remove high frequency "noise" (being your signalling).

[jason the filter freak]

just wondering if there was some filtering going on to remove high frequency "noise" (being your signalling).

 

Huh?