sharpsvillelights Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I have a controller where circuits 1-6 are not turning on the lights.I have plugged the lights into an independent power source and the lights come on.In the hardware utility, I have run a test on that controller and circuits (1-6) to turn the lights on without success. Lights do turn on all the other circuits on the controller.I replaced the controller with a spare controller and experience the same issue.I have run the verify utility to see if there are any conflicts but none exist.I have called LOR and they have no solution. Has anyone run into this situation where the controller does not turn on the lights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Usually a channel problem on a controller results in channels stuck on. That and two controllers with the same issue does not sound like a controller problem. A couple questions. Are there other channels on that controller in use and do they work? Do other controllers work properly? What is your network configuration? I.E. speed, how many controllers, enhanced (not the HU cares about enhanced). What type of controller? What firmware version? That's a good start... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheski Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I have had lights not work on channels when using the hardware test, but do work when I run a sequence. Never had time to find out why. Try running a sequence. Make sure the control panel is on when you run the sequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpsvillelights Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 Jim,There are 10 other channels on the controller that are working fine. It is just 6 of them are not turning on the lights. I thought I had a hardware issue until I swapped the controller with a spare and the identical problem happened on the other controller. I figure therefore it was some software setting that might turn off channels. I have 22 controllers and all the other controllers work fine. Speed of controllers is the default. Not sure how to check speed. Controllers are the LOR 1602 in the metal case. Not sure about the firmware version. I still think it is some software issue.Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Try replacing the cat5 comm cable to it. Look at the pins/fingers of the RJ45 connectors and insure that all are in their normal positions. Have you tried a hard reset of the controller? The instructions to accomplish are in the manual for it. Next question is: were these working last year? Did anything change with them such as removing the circuit boards for any reason? 1 through 6 don't work yet 7 and 8 do? All 8 are on one side of the board so I'm wondering if the jumpers and power feeds didn't get modified? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hans Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 +1 on trying a new cat 5. Also try it in both RJ45 connectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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