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  • Need replacement for model CP290 X10 home automation system standal

    From chbnovember@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 8 11:31:20 2016
    This equipment is trash, grow up

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  • From Pat@21:1/5 to dr.m.i.bell@gmail.com on Sun Sep 11 07:05:28 2016
    On Sat, 10 Sep 2016 21:54:26 -0700 (PDT), Mike Bell
    <dr.m.i.bell@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 2:31:23 PM UTC-4, chbno...@gmail.com wrote: >> This equipment is trash, grow up

    I assume everyone realizes that this thread is more than four years old. We can only hope that the OP has solved his problem. My X10 system has been has been rock solid and growing since 1979, with only minor tweaks to correct problems caused by noise
    from switching power supplies and CFLs and signals lost to surge protectors. I retired my CP290 this year (in working order and kept as backup) in favor of a home-brew system running on a Raspberry Pi. I may be old-school, but I hate to see this
    technology not get the respect it deserves.

    I started with X-10 about the same time as you and have gone through
    the same issues. I finally retired all my X-10 this year and now use
    Wemo's with an Amazon Echo. I now have two fairly large boxes of X-10 equipment - most of it still working. I hate to see working
    electronics in landfills. There are many lamp modules, appliance
    modules, wall switches of various types, RF interfaces, CP290's (2 of
    them), a 1132U USB interface, maxi controllers, filters, and a XTB
    repeater. Anyone interested? (NE Ohio area)

    Pat

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  • From Mike Bell@21:1/5 to chbno...@gmail.com on Sat Sep 10 21:54:26 2016
    On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 2:31:23 PM UTC-4, chbno...@gmail.com wrote:
    This equipment is trash, grow up

    I assume everyone realizes that this thread is more than four years old. We can only hope that the OP has solved his problem. My X10 system has been has been rock solid and growing since 1979, with only minor tweaks to correct problems caused by noise
    from switching power supplies and CFLs and signals lost to surge protectors. I retired my CP290 this year (in working order and kept as backup) in favor of a home-brew system running on a Raspberry Pi. I may be old-school, but I hate to see this
    technology not get the respect it deserves.

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  • From mikeflood35@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 10 12:01:06 2016
    I would guess that if the failure of your current CP
    -290 device was not caused by being hit by something b ad like lightening that you have a case of dead filter capacitors in the CP-290 power supply.

    I have never opened mine so I can't say how involved replacement might be but that's the first thing I would try.

    It's hard to find people who know how to fix stuff in our "throw away" world.

    I would really hate to have my CP-290 die. There's no standalone devices like it. I use software written several years ago by a guy named Rafiel Fiol. Haven't been able to find him.

    my cp-290 CLOCK IS STABLE. eVERYTIME YOU CHECK IT WITH THE SOFTWARE THE CLOCK UPDATES TO THE TIME IN YOUR COMPUTER.

    tHE SERIAL CONTROL NEED NOT BE DISCONNECTED FOR THE cp-290 TO WORK PROPERLY. tHESE DAYS pc'S DON'T HAVE rs-232 PORTS AND YOU'D NEED A usb TO SERIAL CONVERTER.

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  • From leewilkerson77@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 28 00:16:07 2017
    I now have two fairly large boxes of X-10
    equipment - most of it still working. I hate to see working
    electronics in landfills. There are many lamp modules, appliance
    modules, wall switches of various types, RF interfaces, CP290's (2 of
    them), a 1132U USB interface, maxi controllers, filters, and a XTB
    repeater. Anyone interested? (NE Ohio area)

    Pat

    Do you still have the x10 equipment for sale?

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  • From Pat@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 28 06:40:23 2017
    On Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:16:07 -0800 (PST), leewilkerson77@gmail.com
    wrote:

    I now have two fairly large boxes of X-10
    equipment - most of it still working. I hate to see working
    electronics in landfills. There are many lamp modules, appliance
    modules, wall switches of various types, RF interfaces, CP290's (2 of
    them), a 1132U USB interface, maxi controllers, filters, and a XTB
    repeater. Anyone interested? (NE Ohio area)

    Pat

    Do you still have the x10 equipment for sale?

    Yes, I do.

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