From: Chuck <xtension4osx-AT-mac.com>
Date: 13 May 2008 22:29:31 UTC   (04:29:31 PM in author's locale)
To: xtensionlist-AT-shed.com

I missed that part. Do you currently have a lam module for the stereo?

If so this might be why you were having problems. It should be an
appliance module from what I can see.

The Other Chuck

On May 13, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Chuck Pelto wrote:

>
> On May 12, 2008, at 9:28 AM, <michael-AT-shed.com> <michael-AT-shed.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Chuck said :
>>> Thanks. But feel GOOD for me now.
>>>
>>> I missed Chuck's earlier comment. But seeing you quote it
>>> reminded me
>>> that I had taken a lamp module from my collection of unused control
>>> modules in the basement workshop and applied it to a set of speakers
>>> under the bed in the master bedroom the day before this all began.
>>> [Note: A collection of gentle wake-up music to be played at specific
>>> times for specific durations.]
>>
>> Hi Chuck,
>>
>> NOTE from your response to mine :
>>
>>>> Suspect some device clogging the electric mains...
>>
>>> No new devices, of an electric or electronic form, have been
>>> added to
>>> the household in at least a month. The latest was a new DSL
>>> modem, as
>>> the other had gone south on me over a month ago. The new one is an
>>> ActionTec.
>>
>> Lesson to all... I can stand on my hind legs and claim that the most
>> persistent and maddening of all problems that have been discussed on
>> this list over the past 12 years...
>>
>> "Oops...I forgot that little thing..."
>>
>> But anyone who has been following this thread, and doesn't see the
>> resolution of it, will claim that this is another reason why X10
>> is 'unreliable'...
>
> I have no problem with being an 'object lesson'.
>
> However, I will say that X10 IS 'unreliable' in a number of
> different circumstances. But, I will caveat that observation with
> the fact that, for security and other reasons, it is better than
> running around myself.
>
>> My claim is that NO technology can suffer ANY kind of disturbance.
>
> True.
>
>> A level playing field is required for all ...
>>
>> VERY glad that you found this thing. It could have been that you
>> spent a lot of money and time switching to a new technology, and
>> then some day (after wrestling with that technology), you move the
>> bed and discover OH !!!
>>
>> good on you
>
> It helps us to appreciate that there are 'little things', like
> plugging in an X10 module to something that was working quite well
> before and thinking things will continue to work well. Hence the
> suggestion of a LOG entry for addition/change of modules.
>
> Might help in tracking down odd behaviors.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chuck
> P.S. Still have good control of the environment. However, the under- > bed speakers are not coming on. Probably a matter of (1) size of
> the property and (2) there's a surge suppressor—to protect the
> speakers—it is plugged into.
>
> Question: Would an Appliance Module be better suited for this
> application?