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Erractic Dim & Bright
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Post 1 made on Saturday October 9, 1999 at 02:04
Jose Martinez
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I just went X-10 crazy over the past few weeks and bought several hundred dollars worth of X-10 switches, dimmers, appliance modules, lamp modules, etc.... Anyway, my problem is that I sometimes have problems dimming my kitchen track lights set to A-2 and my living room overhead lights set to A-3. When I try to dim with my palmpad or slimfire the lights dim off. And, when I try to brighten them they go full on. It doesn't happen all the time. Just when I try to show off to my friends. Any ideas?

Confused.
OP | Post 2 made on Monday October 11, 1999 at 17:22
Chris Couture
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Jose,
As far as them coming full on when you brighten them, the cheaper switches will do that if they were already off. Only some of the nicer (and more expensive) switches have "Soft Fade" which will dim the lights up when off. Otherwise the X-10 brand and many others will come full on first then allow dim and bright from there. As far as them dimming all the way to off, this was discussed in an earlier post. It turned out to be a bad RF receiver. If you have access to a new receiver I'd try that. (Go to Radio shack...if it's not that, take it back!) Keep us informed if this is not the problem.

Chris Couture
OP | Post 3 made on Tuesday October 12, 1999 at 15:13
Jose Martinez
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Chris,

I never thought of checking the receiver. I am getting one from x-10.com sometime this week. I'll definitely try that.

Thanks!
OP | Post 4 made on Saturday October 23, 1999 at 03:00
Jose Martinez
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I'm still waiting for my new transceiver. I've noticed that If I unplug the transceiver and plug it back in that I am able to dimm lights normally. Man, is this weird stuff!
OP | Post 5 made on Saturday October 23, 1999 at 13:12
Ken Coon
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Keep us posted. I have the same problem. I have a transceiver that seem to work most of the time for on/off, but when dimming will only dim down to 0% and then dim all the way back up to 100% (using the dim controls). The transceiver seems to work a little better when placed in different places, but for the most part still gives me trouble. It worked great for the first few hours I used it. Good luck.

Ken Coon
OP | Post 6 made on Thursday October 28, 1999 at 00:20
Jose Martinez
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I just got a new Transceiver from IBM's Home Director Kit and my problem seems to have gone away.

The transceiver from IBM seems to be a much better product than what x-10 sent me. In other words, it doesn't seem cheap.

JJM


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