[Hai-users] thermostat control problem...again...

[Joseph Vossen]

we did, but this was happening prior to the storm.  The house is also protected with a whole-house surge system so that helps ride out some of those issues.

thanks

On May 7, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Brad wrote:

> Had any nasty thunderstorms lately?
> Possibly blew the same chip again if so.
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Joseph Vossen" <jkv at vossen.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 10:30 AM
> To: "hai-users" <hai-users at tssi.com>
> Subject: [Hai-users] thermostat control problem...again...
> 
>> Back in November, I was having an issue with controlling my thermostats; a copy of the email is below describes the problem.
>> 
>> After gathering some info from folks, I decided to replace the "Output Controller Chip" that is located at U31.  This seemed to have solved the problem...until early this week.
>> 
>> I am now having the same problem as before.  At this point I have:
>> 
>> 1.  power-cycled the system
>> 2.  reseated the chip
>> 3.  reloaded the configuration
>> 4.  triple-checked all of the wiring, esp the connections to/from the tstats
>> 5.  shot the board with circuit board cleaner (which has the side-effect of cooling it down to chk if heat related)
>> 
>> and still no love...
>> 
>> I'm kind of at the end of any ideas, so I think I left with:
>> 
>> 1.  Pull the board out and send to HAI for repair (do they do that?  is it worth doing?  turnaround?)
>> 2.  Get another OmniPro board from flea-bay and swap it out
>> 3.  upgrade ($$$)
>> 
>> any one have any suggestions/thoughts on what I can try next?
>> 
>> thanks
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: Joseph Vossen <jkv at vossen.org>
>>> Date: November 13, 2009 7:45:42 AM EST
>>> To: hai-users <hai-users at tssi.com>
>>> Subject: [Hai-users] thermostat control problem
>>> 
>>> I have an OmniPro in my home which was installed around 1998; it is running f/w 1.9.  I also have nine (9) thermostats (RC-80) and one (1) outdoor temperature sensor connected.
>>> 
>>> Last night I was looking at one of the thermostats and noticed that the outdoor temperature was not being displayed; this was true for all nine (9) thermostats.
>>> 
>>> Further investigation shows:
>>> 
>>> - changing the state of a thermostat (all nine) locally (mode, setpoint) does *not* get reflected back at the panel when viewing the status using a keypad
>>> 
>>> - changing the state of a thermostat (all nine) from a keypad (mode, setpoint) does *not* affect the thermostat.
>>> 
>>> - outdoor temperature sensor appears to be communicating the correct value, as display on a keypad
>>> 
>>> - all thermostats seem to function fine as a "thermostat" (so the heat is coming on correctly)
>>> 
>>> - room temperature, as displayed on a thermostat (all nine), appears to be correct
>>> 
>>> I have power-cycled the panel and all of the thermostats but I see the same behavior.  I just appears that *all* of the thermostats have simply stopped communicating with the panel.
>>> 
>>> suggestions?
>>> 
>>> thanks
>>> 
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