Re: [misterhouse-users] Anyone else had problems with CM11's blowing up?

[Jeff <je...@dw...>]

Not sure if this is an exact replacement, but it looks like it would be.
The price is certainly right :-).

http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=search&item=PSC-04&t
ype=store

I only recently ordered from these guys based on a post from a few days
ago.  Still waiting for the order to arrive...

At 11:22 AM -0600 1/16/02, Jeff_Ferris@Dell.com wrote:
>   e  In the last month,  I've gone through three CM11a's.  I've tried
>different outlets, a  different computer (in case my serial port was
>somehow spiking), and then I  plugged my UPS into the same outlet so I
>could log spikes or dips, but nothing  abnormal is showing up.  Basically,
>I get the new module, plug it in,  everything works fine, a couple days
>later, reboot, and MisterHouse won't start.  Remove the CM11 from the
>mh.ini, and MH starts up but obviously won't do all the  nifty X10 stuff I
>use it for.  Add a new CM11, and it works fine for  another week or two,
>then bang, stops working.   I stopped after 3,  because that was all I had
>in the "junk drawer."  But at $50 a pop for new  ones, this is not going
>to be a cheap issue to debug.  :^)   On a related note,  anyone know where
>I can get cheaper CM11's without all the software and  additional modules
>and remotes?  Or has anyone had similar issues, and  can it be fixed with
>a soldering iron?   -Jeff  


Jeff Pagel
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