bwaldrep Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I bought a number of PC-CTB16PC boards with high power HS's (No soldering required) during the summer sale, and added my own output cords, and enclosures.One of them, has a random issue on channel 14. During some sequences (running from the sequence editor for testing) That channel will get stuck on at a lower then 100% intensity (lets say 50%, but I'm not sure on the exact percentage)The channel will still respond to commands, with the exception of off, or any lower intensity that what it get stuck at. (in other words, if the sequence tells it to go full on, it will, it just doesn't go off)The problem will sometimes go away on its own after a minute or 2, or sometimes, I have to open up hardware utility and click all lights off a few times.I have a few extra channels on a near by controller that I can switch the effected lights to, if this is an issue where I need to send the board back to LOR, I can do that in Jan. But I thought I would see if anyone knows of a simple fix.Thanks-Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Most likely a failed triac. Could be a bad opto-isolator.It can't hurt to try resetting the board, but I dont think that is this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Manzara Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I had a similar problem on one of my controllers and what I found was one of my primary feeds to the controller was not plugged in 100%. AS soon as I pushed theplug alll the way into the receptacle the problem went away. You also may want to try a reset on that controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwaldrep Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Thanks guys, as soon as the rain stops I'll check the plugs, and try resetting the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceharger Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 How do I reset my controller, I have a simular situation with one port not shutting off 100% it stays at 50% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBullard Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 ceharger wrote: How do I reset my controller, I have a simular situation with one port not shutting off 100% it stays at 50%What kind of controller?If the 1600 series, power off. - Set dials to 00 - Power On for 10 secs. - Power off. -Turn dials to correct ID setting. - Power OnIf the PC series, Power Off. - Remove the jumper from the header. - Power On for 10 secs. - Power Off. - Replace the jumper. - Power On. - Reset the controller ID number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceharger Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 I have a 1600 controller, did what you suggested, same results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 JBullard wrote: ceharger wrote: How do I reset my controller, I have a simular situation with one port not shutting off 100% it stays at 50%What kind of controller?If the 1600 series, power off. - Set dials to 00 - Power On for 10 secs. - Power off. -Turn dials to correct ID setting. - Power OnIf the PC series, Power Off. - Remove the jumper from the header. - Power On for 10 secs. - Power Off. - Replace the jumper. - Power On. - Reset the controller ID numberMr Bullard when you refer to the jumper are you refering to the cat 5 cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Don Gillespie wrote: Mr Bullard when you refer to the jumper are you refering to the cat 5 cableDon,See page 21 of this manual. It shows you the jumper.http://www.lightorama.com/PDF/CTB16PC_Man_Web.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saynomoore Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 well it seems to be a problem with a certain channel, every thing that I have found with this problem is with channel 14 is that just a coincidence? or is this something that could be a defect? I am having the same problem.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawes Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 saynomoore wrote:well it seems to be a problem with a certain channel, every thing that I have found with this problem is with channel 14 is that just a coincidence? or is this something that could be a defect? I am having the same problem....Channel 14 for me as well. One thing to note, when hooked up "fewer" lights be they LED or mini I have the problem. hooking up channel 14 to a 12' LED rope light and, there is no issue.I'm getting by by moving my sign which is back lit by the aforementioned rope light, to channel 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightORamaDan Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 saynomoore wrote: well it seems to be a problem with a certain channel, every thing that I have found with this problem is with channel 14 is that just a coincidence? or is this something that could be a defect? I am having the same problem....We see more about hardware problems than what you see here in the forums and we have not seen a pattern for any particular channel having a problem. We will keep an eye open for any patterns that indicate that there is intrisic problem but as of now the number of controllers with issues is very small.Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightORamaDan Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 saynomoore wrote: well it seems to be a problem with a certain channel, every thing that I have found with this problem is with channel 14 is that just a coincidence? or is this something that could be a defect? I am having the same problem....We see more about hardware problems than what you see here in the forums and we have not seen a pattern for any particular channel having a problem. We will keep an eye open for any patterns that indicate that there is intrisic problem but as of now the number of controllers with issues is very small.Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwaldrep Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 Thanks for the info Dan, i'll reach out to the support team in Jan. about my board issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawes Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 bwaldrep wrote:Thanks for the info Dan, i'll reach out to the support team in Jan. about my board issue.Me too. I'll let thing calm down for you all. It's got to be hectic this time of year.I did try Channel 14 on my other controllers and they have no trouble when hooked to the same "offending" lights. So we can probably write off bizarreness in the firmware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 There is a good chance that the problem lies with a Triac that has shorted one half of the unit. This will give a 50% all of the time on with 51 - 100% being controlled by the other half that is still good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawes Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 OK total weirdness...My "bad channel" controls my sign and a rope light inside the house. it fades from 30%-50%-30% and repeats. Since I moved this sequence to the bad channel it's just been on at 50%.Here's the weird part: last night about 3 hours into the show the banister lights were fading, and lo and behold at the end of the show they turned off.As an aside, one half of one strand of my LED roof lights is at half intensity, and that started last night too, although much sooner than the bad channel seemed to "fix itself".I fully expect to see the lights turn back on at some random time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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