[Hai-users] Eratic Aegis behavior

[Byron Peebles]

If you Zones in TEST show fluctuating values, U13 the analog/digital
converter would be suspect.

At 09:18 AM 6/28/2005, RB Warren wrote:
>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:
>----------------
>-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:
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>-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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