[olug] MythTV, RFI, and garage door openers.
Jay Swackhamer
Jay at RebootTheUser.com
Thu Sep 20 18:21:17 UTC 2007
The opener is a Chamberlain, 315/318Mhz.
Start shutting things off until it works again........
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Jay Swackhamer
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Quoting Ryan Stille <ryan at cfwebtools.com>:
> Jay Swackhamer wrote:
>> When my workstation was converted to a mythbackend, I left a Vantec
>> fan-controller in the machine because I didnt want to bother
>> disconnecting it, and put the machine in the basement.
>>
>> We put in a new garage door opener last week, and could not get the
>> openers to work beyond a few feet.
>>
>> The vantec fan controller was putting out enough RFI to interfere with
>> a garage opener 20 feet away. Removed the fan controller, and all is
>> well.
>>
>
> What brand of opener? A few months back my opener started only working
> within a few feet of the remote. Now I'm guessing it has something to
> do with some piece of computer equipment in the room directly above it.
> The last thing I can remember putting in there was a PC I bought from
> you! :-)
>
> -Ryan
>
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