Indigo Domotics

Today my log start showing a bunch of entries from defuse that I don't have



things like


Received X10 J10 status request
Received X10 J10 status request
Received X10 J10 status request
Received X10 J10 hail acknowledgement
Received X10 J10 brighten by 5
Received X10 J10 extended data of 0 command 0

I have NO device in The J range let alone a J10

I also get other status request from devise and ranges that I don't have or use


any thoughts or exoerience with this

I am using a WR800RF23 which has served me a lot more faithful then any of my insteon interfaces




I dont ahve

We've seen that happen several times in the past (including twice for me) with failing devices. Usually they are X10 or INSTEON devices, but it can also be just something (like a power strip) that's failing and it's spewing garbage on the power line that occasionally looks like valid X10 traffic.

Thanks jay. I do have a bad insteon device might be relate

As a follow on when I tryto execute an x10 command i am now getting



Error resending previous command (busy or unexpected command)
Error resending previous command (busy or unexpected command)
Error resending previous command (busy or unexpected command)
Sent X10 "Florida Room" off

This happens on all x10 so it would seem like my faithful x10 controller is the item dying?

It is either power line noise, some module malfunctioning and causing power line issues, or the interface is dying. Impossible to tell which one without troubleshooting such as plugging the interface into different outlets using an extension cord, but my money would be on the interface malfunctioning if sending all X10 commands are having errors. Definitely rule out interference first though before replacing it.

Thanks I will be on site next week and try the power issue

OK I removed the Wrf232 disabled the interface and I am still getting phantom messages like


Received x10 L2 extended data of 0 command of 0

How? The interface is disabled in indigo and is unplugged to boot

OM my stupid..... forgot that the 2413U was dual band

I had a spare from an installation that didn't work.. swapped out units and problems went away


since it was just out of warranty It was the first thing I should have looked at...

spoke too soon


with new unit and everything reset
I am starting to get phantoms again....


Not a lot but some....no idea what o try next .. it doesn't appear to be the interfaces

As I noted above, devices that are failing can cause what appears to be X10 traffic. Other noise makers can too though that happens less often.

and idea of how to narrow it down??



with the new interface I had to sync virtually every device

You have to just start eliminating possibilities by unplugging devices (plugin modules), air-gapping off switches, or even turning off entire circuit breakers. There is really no way to know from what circuit something is coming, unless you turn off that circuit and the problem stops.