From: Terry and Heli <helic-AT-oh.rr.com>
Date: 20 Jun 2009 18:58:18 UTC   (09:58:18 PM in author's locale)
To: xtensionlist-AT-shed.com

Hi James,

Your suggestion of spinning the dials seems to have worked.

Now I have to get a camera system.

Thanks

Terry
On Jun 20, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Terry and Heli wrote:

> The switch does turn on and off the old fashioned way.
>
> I have lutron switch that no longer senses X-10 too. That one did
> not last as long as this.
> I will try the spinning of the dials trick.
>
> I will be installing cameras. I have been admiring the systems Costco
> sells but none are wireless. I need wireless. I don't feel like
> stringing cable all over the house.
>
> What I need are good low light wireless IP cameras.
>
> Terry
> On Jun 20, 2009, at 10:44 AM, James Sentman wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jun 20, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Terry and Heli wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> My outdoor lights are on an X-10 wall switch that has quit sensing
>>> commands.
>>>
>>> Are there more durable and better looking options than the square
>>> button switch from X-10?
>>>
>>> One of my cars was broken into last night. If motion sensor was
>>> working it might not have happened.
>>>
>>> Time to put in cameras too I guess.
>>
>> WOW, that sucks!
>>
>> I've actually lost only 1 X10 switch our of the literally dozens that
>> I've used and that was because of a hard short inside the wall burned
>> the fuse wire inside the switch. I've never had one fail for any
>> other
>> reason, others have had worse luck though and just want for people to
>> chime in telling you how horrid they think these switches are. I do
>> not think they are horrid and even if you had to replace them
>> every 10
>> years it would still be a generation before they were as expensive as
>> the next level up from that company that makes those switches that do
>> X10 and that other protocol whos name we dare not speak ;) and
>> frankly
>> those other switches have a far worse failure rate around my house
>> than the X10 ones do. Approaching 60% actually and I've got another
>> one failing now refusing to let you control it locally.
>>
>> One thing that can happen is that the code wheels can get corroded
>> contacts and mess up the address, might try just spinning them around
>> once or twice to clean them up a bit and seeing if it comes back to
>> life. I assume you can still turn it on and off locally? Or is it
>> totally dead? These are available off ebay as replacements very
>> cheaply now, so even if you have to replace it there wont be a big
>> monetary sense of loss.
>>
>> If you decide to get an IP camera drop me a note and lets be sure
>> it's
>> one that you can connect to XTension for recording when motion sensed
>> and such.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> James
>>
>>
>> James Sentman sentman.com http://
>> MacHomeAutomation.com
>>
>>
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