RE: A strangley totally on-topic post! :-) [Long]

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Title: A strangley totally on-topic post! :-)

You and me both...

 

...I have a similar "problem" too in my computer room at the moment. I have two power outlets in the computer room - one is a triple switched and the other is a single switched.

 

The single switched has a six way stripblock running from it powering the stereo, the TW7223, the H.H. box and the curtains.

 

The triple switched has the following plugged unto it.

 

1) An eight way stripblock on one wall powering my wireless LAN A.P., Print Server, Router (via appliance module), Switch and two printers (all low current stuff).

 

2) A hard wired 4-into-1 fused power distribution block which routes via 3amp fused (so no overloading plugs and sockets) outlets to a further three wall mounted six way stripblocks mounted on a second wall powering three PCs, flatbed scanner (via appliance module), PC speakers, monitor, film scanner, DAT drive, ISDN Modem (used for dialup during the day when the router is off), HomeVision PSU, X10 Mini Timer, KVM switch, ePod PSU and two 40 watt table lamps.

 

3) The third socket is unused (to allow plugging in of hoover etc.)

 

I have two desk lamps plugged into two lamp modules set to the same house code and these have been being controlled by the direct switches on the Mini Timer for a couple of weeks as has the Router (which is only powered on between 6pm and 8pm for BT Surftime access), the ePod PSU (which comes on at midnight and goes off at 1am to give the batteries a shot of charge) and the flatbed scanner (which has no power switch but doesn't turn off it's scanning head lamp).

 

Last week I moved the control of the Router from the Mini Timer to HomeVision so then it wouldn't turn off at 6am on Saturdays and Sundays but would stay on all weekend an that works fine.

 

Last night I wanted to get the desk lamps controlled by H.V. using a PIR (different posting to the group) as I have no lightswitch by the door. I got the switching code working using a piece of wire bridging the ports but found that only one of the lamps was being controlled by H.V. - they are both on lamp modules set to the same address and are even plugged into adjacent sockets on the six way strip.

 

Moving them apart (onto different strips) didn't change anything, swapping the two modules over still only gave the same one responding, the other one was ignoring all commands.

 

Plugging an eight way strip into the third (currently unused) socket and plugging the lamp modules into that restored full simultaneous control of both lamps from HomeVision.

 

This morning I have tried plugging both lamp modules back into where they were before last night and *NEITHER* can be controlled by H.V. all three six way strips are X10 "deaf" as far as the lamp modules are concerned yet the appliance module that controls the scanner and which is plugged into one of those outlets can be controlled directly from the Mini Timer or from H.V. still. Go figure!

 

Now, my solution is therefore easy ... leave the eight way stripblock plugged in and just run the lights off that but maybe there's something in all that lot that can give you some ideas as to what is happening with your system Ken?

 

Phil

 

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