[Hai-users] Eratic Aegis behavior

[Brad]

Do a system reset from the keypad. This erases the ram in the unit.
Powering down, does not. 

-----Original Message-----
From: hai-users-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:hai-users-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of RB Warren
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 8:18 AM
To: hai-users at tssi.com
Subject: [Hai-users] Eratic Aegis behavior

My aegis system is acting up. I can't seem to pinpoint exactly what is
happening and thought someone on the Newsgroup would be able to give me some
insight as to what is going on.

I will give you some background on when it happened and what I have done so
far to troubleshoot.

The Storm
----------------------
Back around the 1rst week of June we had a bad storm which brought down my
70ft self support tower due to damaging winds. All the feed lines from the
antennas share an underground wire raceway with some of the home automation
wires exiting to the outside for motion detectors, outdoor temp, and various
sensors / underground sprinklers.
When the tower went down it pulled some of the antenna feed lines along with
wires from aegis that were wrapped around these feeds.
some of the wires that got pulled apart sent ac/dc power back into the
mainboard. During the storm we lost power several times.

The Result
----------------

Right after the storm we noticed trouble on a number of security zones and
the sprinklers kept turning on. Over the next several days we noticed the
following happening.
1-Trouble on random Security Zones
2-False Alarms on random zones.
3-Random generated X-10 codes on random housecodes, but usually unit #12,
but not always. When this happens the system gets pounded with continuous
X-10 code for minutes at a time. Even though the attacks are on random
housecodes, what ever housecode is selected, it stays the same throughout
the attack before moving to a different housecode a few minutes later.
If I go down in the basement, I see my Act-CR234 repeater showing error
transmissions.
4-Lag time in voice messages. I have seven MS-13 X-10 wireless motion
sensors around the perimeter of the house and when I walk around to each one
in order, Aegis will sometimes not report back with a voice message for
sometimes minutes and will miss some. I see the LED on my PLC switches
blinking a normal transmission and the CR-234 repeater in the basement shows
a successful event.

The Setup:
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-Original Aegis motherboard rom 1.7
-RC-80 thermostat
-Voice board
-2 flush mount keypads
-External thermostat
-External enclosure
-WGL V572 whole house code/units transceiver -Act CR-234 repeater
-7 PCS light switches (none 2 way)
-various Leviton switches/modules
-several MS 13 motion sensors
-IR to X-10 interface
-other sensors / relays I have ruled out as the cause.
-All 32zones / 16 relays on both boards are being used.
-TM-751s

Trouble Shooting I have done so far to try to isolate the problem:
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-Did a complete shutdown without batteries and restarted.
-Uploaded new code to the system
-Removed the Act -CR234 repeater
-Unplugged the WGL V572 whole house transceiver -Removed all wires from
boards -Checked for noise in the house on all possible areas and shut down
suspected areas by  means of turning off breakers.
-Changed the PS CO5 powerline interfaces.
-Changed capacitors  on a zone that showed random trouble.
-Both batteries check withing normal parameters.
-I found 2 X-10 TM-751 transceivers outside I was using to extend range not
functioning

None of the things done above isolated any problems. 
I'm suspecting either damage from a power surge or from the power being fed
back into the mainboard.
I have talked to my Home Automation Tech and he thinks a mainboard change
may be in order but it is very hard to isolate this problem as it happens at
random times so I am looking to this knowledgeable group for your comments
and suggestions for my next move before I make a motherboard change.


Thanks for reading

...Randy

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