kavsher Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Hi I have 2 pc 16 ch controllers I have one with a problem .After rain one controller has a few ch that stay on and no led liht on as wellHardware Utility cannot find controllers when both plugged in i turned of power to "bad "controller and utility finds second controller i did a rest same prob.removed comm chip still no led flashHELP I worked all year on this and it goes bad on christmas night ThanksButchPs excuse spellin i desprite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iresq Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Could there be moisture in you comm connectors? Did you try switching out cat 5.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavsher Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 box is dry outlets did get wetwhen i turn power off i can see second controller which works box 1 is the first box after pc the box 2 so cat 5 is okstatus let is off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore60 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 As I understand you have one box that is working and one that is not working, not work like NO LED flashing or solid on the bad controller.On the controller that has no working LED did you check the fuse for the right side (9-16) of the board? The electronics on the board for the comm, and processor are powered by the fuse on the right side.Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavsher Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 yes controller 01 has no led at all its offwhen i power it up i have 2 channels that stay on (fuse is ok )Hw util. does not see any controller even 02 when 01 is poweredwhen i remove power from 01 i can see 02its set up as follows pc -con 01 - con 02.i disconnected all lights still the same as soon as con 01 is powed it stops signal to con 02I did reset still nothingit was ok last night we had some rain today gfi was tripped i shook out lights / outlets gfi reset ok .but i now have this . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore60 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Just cause you have channels on when the unit is plugged in does not necessarily mean that both fuses are good.What channel numbers are staying on when plugged in?Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavsher Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 i dont know now i disconnected all lights from this controlleroh i did test both fuse with mulitimeter its good .Im gona bench test it tomorrow i have 1 controller working but need this as a pass thro . i dont want stop the show .any ideas on trouble shootingalso will lightorama overnight components ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore60 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 I would bring the bad unit into the computer. Connect ONLY the bad unit to the computer. Launch the Hardware Utility. On the left side of the HWU select the lower section "Change Existing ID" Under Old unit ID select "Any Unit", under New Unit ID select the ID you want assigned to this controller. Then click on the change unit id button.Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavsher Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 tried that i says unable to locate unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavsher Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 Problem foundic below connectors was loose i removed it and and placed it back in holderits all ok sad thought my house looked like it had a stroke on Christmas night with only half lit up:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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