General X10 question

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- Dave Houston
  
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18 years ago

Mon, Aug 29, 2005 5:49 PM

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This is much easier to troubleshoot with something like the ELK ESM1 but I'm not aware of any resonably priced 230V X-10 meter devices.

However, you should be able to use an ESM1 by replac>What eats the signals from my Ocelot? I know if I plug my laptop into the

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- Gargamil
  
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18 years ago

Mon, Aug 29, 2005 9:27 PM

What eats the signals from my Ocelot? I know if I plug my laptop into the same power point as a lamp module I cannot turn on that light. What other gear eats X10 signals.

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- Charles Sullivan
  
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18 years ago

Wed, Aug 31, 2005 3:04 AM

It's probably a matter of the laptop power supply generating enough RF noise on the power line that the X10 signal is swamped. A lot of appliances with switching power supplies will do this - including some TV's, UPS's, stereos.

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