Jean-Louis Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 I've been running my system with no problem up until earlier in the week. My wife noticed some of the lights that are from this controller were on earlier in the morning. The unfortunate part about this is I'm not here to trouble shoot Mon-Thurs so I couldn't see what she was talking about.I have 1 controller, unit 01 ctb16D ver 4.40 (works fine)and also unit 02 CTB16PC ver 4.40(the unit that is not working) it was working fine this morning, but no longer working.In the hardware utility, when I click to refresh the network, it find both controllers. On the CTB16PC unit, the red light is solid. Steps that I have tried, do a reset(remove the the jumper, power up for a few seconds,,had fast flasihng red lignht, replace jumper, power back up). Still all 16 channels do not respond.The weather here locally has been moist(rain off and on) the last couple days. Could moisture be getting into the box.Help please.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Chaput Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 In the hardware utility you can see the controller(led should be on solid when communicatig with HU)Can you test each channel individually? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Louis Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Yes the red light is solid, but nothing even when selecting all on at 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wbottomley Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Jean-Louis wrote: Yes the red light is solid, but nothing even when selecting all on at 100%Have you selected that controller beside the refresh button? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Louis Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Mountainwxman wrote: Jean-Louis wrote: Yes the red light is solid, but nothing even when selecting all on at 100%Have you selected that controller beside the refresh button?Yes, unit ID in question is 02. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Chaput Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Have you tried a different cat5 cable and hooking up to it separately and try testing it or check your cables might be loose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Louis Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Denis Chaput wrote: Have you tried a different cat5 cable and hooking up to it separately and try testing it or check your cables might be loosecat5 going to unit number one I know is good. cat 5 cable to second controler, well that's a possiblility. During daylight hours on satuday, will try a direct connection to bad unit and see if that's the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Ok, I am going to work this the other way. I am going to presume that your cat5 cable is good due to the light going on solid. So lets say you got good communication.How does the P.C. board look? Is it clean and no soot from a short? Is it dry? I do not know your techincal level of working with circuit boards. But the following are a few things I would try and I have been working with I.C.s in sockets or soldered on the board for years. First thing I would do now is power down the controller. And with a very small screw driver I would pry up on the processor chip just about half way out from both ends. Then gently push it back in. In the trade we call this reseating the chip. Some times the oxcides can build up on the chip or socket leads. Causing a loss of signal. And this chip sends out the signal to the two chips that control all 16 outputs. And your problem is with all 16 channesl so it is something that is common to all 16 outputs like the processor. If you are handy with a volt meter there is also the voltage regulator. I dont have a board or schematic in front of me. But you need to find a ground (D.C. not an A.C.) and then put your red lead to the right side lead. This should give you 10VDC on one and I think if I remember correctly 5VDC on the other. maybe one of the regulators went out.Try this and please get back with results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Louis Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 OK, another clue........Now that the weather stopped raining, guess what, without doing anything, I went to do a "An all on" and all channels chase, and Everything is working.So is it an issue moisturecondensation is getting into the waterproof cabinet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Clean condensate or clean rainwater should not directly have this effect. They need some sort of contamination to conduct electricity, and impact the board. I've seen brick dust, just from marking the upper two holes onto a brick wall provide enough to have this kind of impact on a controller, but with an abnormal quantity of water making it into the case. I'd recommend cleaning the board as well as possible, and see where it goes from there. Others have applied conformal coatings to the boards just to prevent the contaminants and moisture from coming in contact with the parts and causing this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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