dying interface

Fri Jun 17 11:07:48 EDT 2022

So - for my problem with intermittent interface action. I found an ebay
seller with an ActiveHome Pro (CM15A) interface.
Pulled my old suspect CM11A out of the system, and swapped it for the
CM15A. In the XTension settings, I saw no option for that interface
so I downloaded an older version V9.4.23 and swapped that version onto my
MacPro running Mojave.
Basically all I have in the house is X10 lamp modules, an appliance module
or 2, and some noise filters.
Seems to be working fine since then - timed scripts fire when expected,
handheld remotes work on the first time now.
I do have a TM751 plugged into our bedroom - with it in place, the
handhelds can turn the bedside lights on and off, without it, nope.
I suspect that room may be on a different leg of the household mains. I do
own one of those X10 adapters to bridge the X10 signals across mains in a
house,
but to be honest, I've always been nervous about bridging mains with cheap
X10 gear, so I've not used it.

And the Xtension list seems to be working again
(Thanks James!)!

                Heather James
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            thewebgal at gmail.com

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On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 5:32 PM Heather James <thewebgal at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think my ancient CM11 may be dying. I don't do a lot of complex things
> with my system - turn lights on and off and have a couple scheduled events
> scripted to do so.
> Got an early 2009 MacPro running Mojave - but I see some odd things in the
> logfile ...
> Took a power hit last night around 8PM during a heavy storm and did a
> reboot after 11:45 to be sure the Wifi and drives were all on.
>
> There are some CM11 Powerfail alerts that weren't actually power failures,
> so I'm thinking thats the interface dying ...
>
> But - I'm not sure what interface to buy to make sure everything works
> going forward.
> Not doing anything with insteon or any of the newer technologies-
>
> 5/22/22 11:45:23 PM  MacOS Version: macOS 10.14.6 (MacPro5,1)
> 5/22/22 11:45:23 PM  physical ram: 32.mb Available ram before swapping:
> 21.4mb
> 5/22/22 11:45:23 PM  no unit data cache found, loading normally
> 5/22/22 11:45:23 PM  no script data cache file found, loading normally
> 5/22/22 11:45:25 PM  11 Global Scripts Loaded.
> 5/22/22 11:45:25 PM  8 Units Loaded.
> 5/22/22 11:45:25 PM  Missed Event: Bedtime Event
> 5/22/22 11:45:25 PM  Missed Event: Sunset Event
> 5/22/22 11:45:25 PM  7 Events Loaded
> 5/22/22 11:45:25 PM  XTension Ready. Registered to: Heather L James
> 5/22/22 11:45:25 PM  database load thread complete in: 2,354 ms
> 5/22/22 11:45:26 PM  Starting interfaces for stage: first
> 5/22/22 11:45:27 PM  Starting interfaces for stage: early
> 5/22/22 11:45:28 PM  Starting interfaces for stage: normal
> 5/22/22 11:45:28 PM Starting Interface "CM11" command:
> "/Applications/XTension/XTension.app/Contents/Resources/Plugins/cm11.isf/cm11.isf
> /dev/cu.usbserial-FT97SIB9 127.0.0.1 52301 03" (CM11)
> 5/22/22 11:45:30 PM CM11: CM11: CM11 successfully located (CM11)
> 5/22/22 11:45:30 PM CM11: CM11: CM11 v2.1 Ready ! (CM11)
> 5/22/22 11:45:38 PM  Starting interfaces for stage: late
> 5/22/22 11:45:58 PM  Starting interfaces for stage: delayed
> 5/22/22 11:48:37 PM CM11: CM11: Error 35 - No response from the CM11 (CM11)
> 5/22/22 11:48:37 PM Interface error: (Power Failure at controller) (CM11)
> 5/22/22 11:48:37 PM Executing global script: Power Fail (CM11)
> 5/22/22 11:48:37 PM HEY !!! We got a powerfail !! (CM11)
> 5/22/22 11:48:38 PM Speak with system volume level 0%: "Power failure!
> Power ! failure !" (CM11)
> 5/22/22 11:48:54 PM CM11: CM11: Unexpected response from the CM11 (CM11)
> 5/22/22 11:49:11 PM CM11: CM11: CM11 is now responding (CM11)
> 5/22/22 11:49:11 PM Interface error: (Power restored at controller) (CM11)
> 5/22/22 11:49:11 PM Executing global script: Power Fail (CM11)
> 5/22/22 11:49:11 PM Power Recovered (CM11)
> 5/22/22 11:49:11 PM Speak with system volume level 0%: "Power recovered.
> Power recovered." (CM11)
> 5/23/22 12:00:00 AM  begin nightly database save and roll the backups
> 5/23/22 12:00:00 AM  Background database save begin
> 5/23/22 12:00:00 AM  Closing and rolling the log...
> 5/23/22 12:00:00 AM  Opening the new log file...
> 5/23/22 12:00:00 AM  XTension v9.4.47 (build:1053-64) created on: 4/13/22
> 11:45:33 AM, modified on: 4/13/22 11:47:18 AM
> 5/23/22 12:00:00 AM  MacOS Version: macOS 10.14.6 (MacPro5,1)
> 5/23/22 12:00:00 AM  physical ram: 32.mb Available ram before swapping:
> 18.1mb
> 5/23/22 12:00:00 AM  Mac Uptime: 0:00  up 19 mins, 3 users, load averages:
> 3.18 2.79 1.97
> 5/23/22 12:00:00 AM  XTension Uptime: 0 days 0 hours 14 minutes and 46
> seconds
> 5/23/22 12:00:00 AM  deleting old log file: XTension Log 20211122.rtf
> 5/23/22 12:00:00 AM  the rolled logs folder contains 181 files for 3.2mb
> 5/23/22 12:00:00 AM  Database Backup Completed in 0.3 seconds.
> 5/23/22 12:59:48 AM  Scheduled Event: One Ayem All Lights OFF
> 5/23/22 12:59:48 AM  Executing global script: AllOff
> 5/23/22 12:59:48 AM  Sending OFF for "FloodLamp"
> 5/23/22 12:59:48 AM  Sending OFF for "BungalowLamp"
> 5/23/22 12:59:48 AM  Sending OFF for "LivingRoom"
> 5/23/22 12:59:48 AM  Sending OFF for "Emma Rocket Lamp"
> 5/23/22 12:59:48 AM  Sending OFF for "Heather Rocket Lamp"
> 5/23/22 1:02:06 AM  It took 6280.019 ms to calculate the database volume
> free space
> 5/23/22 1:03:18 AM  Scheduled Event: One Ayem All Lights OFF
> 5/23/22 1:03:18 AM  Executing global script: AllOff
> 5/23/22 1:03:18 AM  Sending OFF for "FloodLamp"
> 5/23/22 1:03:18 AM  Sending OFF for "BungalowLamp"
> 5/23/22 1:03:18 AM  Sending OFF for "LivingRoom"
> 5/23/22 1:03:18 AM  Sending OFF for "Emma Rocket Lamp"
> 5/23/22 1:03:18 AM  Sending OFF for "Heather Rocket Lamp"
> 5/23/22 5:00:03 AM  It took 3228.086 ms to calculate the database volume
> free space
> 5/23/22 5:02:01 AM  It took 1623.259 ms to calculate the database volume
> free space
> 5/23/22 5:30:00 AM  Scheduled Event: Weekday Wakeup
> 5/23/22 5:30:00 AM  Executing global script: Weekday Wakeup
> 5/23/22 5:50:46 AM  Sunrise at 5:50:46 AM
> 5/23/22 6:10:00 AM  Scheduled Event: BungalowLamp (#1)
> 5/23/22 6:10:00 AM  Sending OFF for "BungalowLamp"
> 5/23/22 9:50:00 AM  Scheduled Event: Days LampsOff
> 5/23/22 9:50:00 AM  Executing global script: AllOff
> 5/23/22 9:50:00 AM  Sending OFF for "FloodLamp"
> 5/23/22 9:50:00 AM  Sending OFF for "BungalowLamp"
> 5/23/22 9:50:00 AM  Sending OFF for "LivingRoom"
> 5/23/22 9:50:00 AM  Sending OFF for "Emma Rocket Lamp"
> 5/23/22 9:50:00 AM  Sending OFF for "Heather Rocket Lamp"
> 5/23/22 11:04:03 AM  It took 2226.96 ms to calculate the database volume
> free space
> 5/23/22 11:46:00 AM  Backing up the Database.
> 5/23/22 11:46:00 AM  Background database save begin
> 5/23/22 11:46:00 AM  Database Backup Completed in 0.1 seconds.
>
>
>
>                 Heather James
>            =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=
>             thewebgal at gmail.com
>
> >=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~==~=~=<
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