KayDee
03-08-2004, 12:30 PM
As a newbie here on the forum perhaps someone can throw some light on a situation I have had for some time. Firstly some specs:-
I am running Minder 3.02 which has been installed for some years and generally performs very well. For simple tasks in a central area of the house I have C-Touch installed on one of the original small screen (painful and dull) but generally run all my scenarios through minder for things such as light control at sunset and garden watering etc etc.
Now the problem:-
Sometimes when certian solenoids are set to power off for the watering system it creates a conflict which sets the Fire alarm off and subsequently starts everything beeping and the phone calls me (not the fire brigade) and then returns to normal when I intervene via the computer which is by the way left on permanently running Minder.
I have tried different time settings so its not the same as other instructions and "pulse" to off instead of "set" to off in Minder.
I just can"t track down the problem which will go away for a week and the out of the blue do it again. The fact that it sets certain banks of switches flashing seems to me to be a conflict problem perhaps in the relays or some such area.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Kim
I am running Minder 3.02 which has been installed for some years and generally performs very well. For simple tasks in a central area of the house I have C-Touch installed on one of the original small screen (painful and dull) but generally run all my scenarios through minder for things such as light control at sunset and garden watering etc etc.
Now the problem:-
Sometimes when certian solenoids are set to power off for the watering system it creates a conflict which sets the Fire alarm off and subsequently starts everything beeping and the phone calls me (not the fire brigade) and then returns to normal when I intervene via the computer which is by the way left on permanently running Minder.
I have tried different time settings so its not the same as other instructions and "pulse" to off instead of "set" to off in Minder.
I just can"t track down the problem which will go away for a week and the out of the blue do it again. The fact that it sets certain banks of switches flashing seems to me to be a conflict problem perhaps in the relays or some such area.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Kim