From: dean j. <dea...@gm...> - 2010-10-30 08:45:45
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I am experiencing the BLOD (blue light of death) almost everyday now. Is anyone else having this issue? Could it be the revision of the PLM? I would buy a new one if it stopped the lock ups. So far, the only way to resolve it is to unplug the PLM. Any suggestions? I have about 23 X10 items, 17 insteon items (2 8-button), and 8 different scenes. Any help would be greatly appreciated! |
From: Brian G. <pla...@gm...> - 2010-10-30 21:55:38
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Put a cheap appliance module or x10 transceiver behind the modem and set up a script to power cycle it every so often. :) On Oct 30, 2010, at 1:45 AM, dean junk <dea...@gm...> wrote: > I am experiencing the BLOD (blue light of death) almost everyday now. Is anyone else having this issue? Could it be the revision of the PLM? I would buy a new one if it stopped the lock ups. So far, the only way to resolve it is to unplug the PLM. > > Any suggestions? > > I have about 23 X10 items, 17 insteon items (2 8-button), and 8 different scenes. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > ________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list, go to: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 > |
From: carl m. <cmc...@co...> - 2010-10-31 14:32:38
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Have you tried sending a Reset Serial to your PLM? I do it through the web interface (Browse Categories) Marc Merlin has his PLM plugged into a Power Strip controlled by a USB port, plus a lot of logic(code) on his controlling computer. He will send you a link to his config, I am sure. BrianG - Sounds like a write only memory - or do you have a trick to turn the PLM back on? What is BLOD? Does the PLM light stay hard-on when in a state where it needs resetting (or a power cycle)? I can't see my PLM, stuffed in a wiring closet. Kudo's to you if that many X10's ever work - I gave up at 6 or so units and moved to all Insteon. On 10/30/2010 5:55 PM, Brian Gaut wrote: > Put a cheap appliance module or x10 transceiver behind the modem and set up a script to power cycle it every so often. :) > > On Oct 30, 2010, at 1:45 AM, dean junk<dea...@gm...> wrote: > >> I am experiencing the BLOD (blue light of death) almost everyday now. Is anyone else having this issue? Could it be the revision of the PLM? I would buy a new one if it stopped the lock ups. So far, the only way to resolve it is to unplug the PLM. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> I have about 23 X10 items, 17 insteon items (2 8-button), and 8 different scenes. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated! >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest >> Create new apps& games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada >> $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing >> Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev >> ________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from this list, go to: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest > Create new apps& games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > ________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list, go to: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 > > > |
From: Marc M. <ma...@me...> - 2010-10-31 14:40:00
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On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:32:31AM -0400, carl mcgrath wrote: > Have you tried sending a Reset Serial to your PLM? > > I do it through the web interface (Browse Categories) > > Marc Merlin has his PLM plugged into a Power Strip controlled by a USB > port, plus a lot of logic(code) on his controlling computer. > He will send you a link to his config, I am sure. I use my 1-wire 8 channel I/O board to control a 5V controllable 120V plug. It's not exactly something that most people have, so not too useful to most :) That said, my PLM locks up maybe once a year, so I just did that for fun, I don't really have an issue with lockups. > What is BLOD? Does the PLM light stay hard-on when in a state where it > needs resetting (or a power cycle)? I think he meant bright led of death. > Kudo's to you if that many X10's ever work - I gave up at 6 or so units > and moved to all Insteon. It all depends on how you use them (input or output), how often, and whether you care if all your commands get there, or not :) Marc -- "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. Microsoft is to operating systems & security .... .... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/ |
From: dean j. <dea...@gm...> - 2010-11-01 04:19:58
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No, I haven't because I think the serial port is OK. The PLM locks up and the blue LED goes bright (hence the Blue Light Of Death). When that happens, all sending/receiving from the PLM is stopped. On the bright side, when you unplug it and plug it back in from the power line, everything that was queued up eventually gets processed. I always had 1 or 2 lockups every month or so after the installation of 8 button switches, but now it is happening everyday; sometimes 3-4 times a day. My wife was really happy with it until this started happening... I've actually had more reliability (hardware wise) with X10 then I do with insteon. I've had most of my x10 devices for almost 10 years. I've had to replace half of my insteon switches within 2 years and the PLM after the first year. In my opinion, the insteon hardware is a bunch of junk. The only advantage is if you have locations where X10 signals would get lost, insteon always worked. On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 9:32 AM, carl mcgrath <cmc...@co...>wrote: > Have you tried sending a Reset Serial to your PLM? > > I do it through the web interface (Browse Categories) > > Marc Merlin has his PLM plugged into a Power Strip controlled by a USB > port, plus a lot of logic(code) on his controlling computer. > He will send you a link to his config, I am sure. > > BrianG - Sounds like a write only memory - or do you have a trick to > turn the PLM back on? > > What is BLOD? Does the PLM light stay hard-on when in a state where it > needs resetting (or a power cycle)? > I can't see my PLM, stuffed in a wiring closet. > > Kudo's to you if that many X10's ever work - I gave up at 6 or so units > and moved to all Insteon. > > On 10/30/2010 5:55 PM, Brian Gaut wrote: > > Put a cheap appliance module or x10 transceiver behind the modem and set > up a script to power cycle it every so often. :) > > > > On Oct 30, 2010, at 1:45 AM, dean junk<dea...@gm...> wrote: > > > >> I am experiencing the BLOD (blue light of death) almost everyday now. > Is anyone else having this issue? Could it be the revision of the PLM? I > would buy a new one if it stopped the lock ups. So far, the only way to > resolve it is to unplug the PLM. > >> > >> Any suggestions? > >> > >> I have about 23 X10 items, 17 insteon items (2 8-button), and 8 > different scenes. > >> > >> Any help would be greatly appreciated! > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America > contest > >> Create new apps& games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and > Canada > >> $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in > marketing > >> Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > >> ________________________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe from this list, go to: > http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 > >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America > contest > > Create new apps& games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and > Canada > > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in > marketing > > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > > ________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from this list, go to: > http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America > contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in > marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > ________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list, go to: > http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 > > |
From: carl m. <cmc...@co...> - 2010-11-02 13:16:59
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If the GUI serial reset does work, search the Forum for PLM posts and Chris Engle. Chris posted a change to Insteon_PLM.pm that will reset it if MH sees it as having issues. It may help, although your frequency of hangs sounds much higher than what I have been chasing. You may in fact be experiencing your next PLM failure. I certainly won't argue with your dissatisfaction with Insteon hardware reliability. I gave up on X10 due to signal delivery issues, but that was before using MH. On 11/1/2010 12:19 AM, dean junk wrote: > No, I haven't because I think the serial port is OK. The PLM locks up > and the blue LED goes bright (hence the Blue Light Of Death). When > that happens, all sending/receiving from the PLM is stopped. On the > bright side, when you unplug it and plug it back in from the power > line, everything that was queued up eventually gets processed. I > always had 1 or 2 lockups every month or so after the installation of > 8 button switches, but now it is happening everyday; sometimes 3-4 > times a day. My wife was really happy with it until this started > happening... > > I've actually had more reliability (hardware wise) with X10 then I do > with insteon. I've had most of my x10 devices for almost 10 years. > I've had to replace half of my insteon switches within 2 years and the > PLM after the first year. In my opinion, the insteon hardware is a > bunch of junk. The only advantage is if you have locations where X10 > signals would get lost, insteon always worked. > > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 9:32 AM, carl mcgrath > <cmc...@co... <mailto:cmc...@co...>> wrote: > > Have you tried sending a Reset Serial to your PLM? > > I do it through the web interface (Browse Categories) > > Marc Merlin has his PLM plugged into a Power Strip controlled by a USB > port, plus a lot of logic(code) on his controlling computer. > He will send you a link to his config, I am sure. > > BrianG - Sounds like a write only memory - or do you have a trick to > turn the PLM back on? > > What is BLOD? Does the PLM light stay hard-on when in a state where it > needs resetting (or a power cycle)? > I can't see my PLM, stuffed in a wiring closet. > > Kudo's to you if that many X10's ever work - I gave up at 6 or so > units > and moved to all Insteon. > > On 10/30/2010 5:55 PM, Brian Gaut wrote: > > Put a cheap appliance module or x10 transceiver behind the modem > and set up a script to power cycle it every so often. :) > > > > On Oct 30, 2010, at 1:45 AM, dean junk<dea...@gm... > <mailto:dea...@gm...>> wrote: > > > >> I am experiencing the BLOD (blue light of death) almost > everyday now. Is anyone else having this issue? Could it be the > revision of the PLM? I would buy a new one if it stopped the lock > ups. So far, the only way to resolve it is to unplug the PLM. > >> > >> Any suggestions? > >> > >> I have about 23 X10 items, 17 insteon items (2 8-button), and 8 > different scenes. > >> > >> Any help would be greatly appreciated! > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North > America contest > >> Create new apps& games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. > and Canada > >> $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M > in marketing > >> Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to > Ovi Store > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > >> ________________________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe from this list, go to: > http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 > >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North > America contest > > Create new apps& games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. > and Canada > > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M > in marketing > > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to > Ovi Store > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > > ________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from this list, go to: > http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North > America contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. > and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in > marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi > Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > ________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list, go to: > http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest > Create new apps& games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > > > ________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list, go to: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 > |