Client has complained that more and more often, the system will turn on by itself or change to a different source by itself. Sometimes when coming home, the system will be on when she knows it was turned off when she left.

T3, RP-1, Integra AVR, CD, & DVD, Comcast, Samsung LCD. This is a system that has worked for a couple years now, just fine.

I was there today connecting the new Wii. Watching the cable box, suddenly sound went dead - the DVD had turned on (was off) and AVR switched to DVD input.

I moved the RP-1 so it's about 5 feet away from the components (especially the DVR) just in case there may have been interference. Other than an occasional flicker, no RF activity seen - I've seen very little interference problems with these, ever. A few minutes later when I had the Wii displayed on the TV, it switched the AVR to the cable input and I was watching TV. All by itself. All the while the T3 is idle, dark screen, in its charging cradle.

I swapped out the RP-1 for test and will keep you posted. Anyone see an RP-1 go flaky and try to run the system by itself?

What type of dwelling is it? I have seen similar things happen in a condo where the control ID wasn't changed.

I would agree with this.  RTI's range has always been great (not including zigbee).  Even in a single family house you could get a signal from a neighbor. 

Unless your in a monster home (can I use the word Monster and not get sued?) and the next house is 100s of feet away it's best to always use unique device id's in every project.
As the other posts above suggest, I bet there is another RTI system close enough that the remote codes are reaching your RP1 and triggering these events.

Also, keep in mind that RTI is not the only company using 433mHz, Audiovox also uses it for car alarms, and other companies use it for other devices. You could possibly be getting a dirty code from another product.

Redminds me of an old Sony TV I had groing up, when you but a flourecent light close to the IR port on front, the channels would start changing up, and when you rotated it 45 degrees it would change the volume.

Had a similar problem with a t2+. Only the channel up button would keep firing . Had it repaired by RTI. Works fine since. When its happening , does the rf led illluminate? Is the remote in rough shape, dirty? The t2+ looked as if it were handled with food covered hands. Maybe gummed up buttons. If it does it frequently enough while you are there , you could remove remote battery to test , or remove ant so not to pick up any stay signals. That may tell if its the rp1.

So some of you are saying that another remote next door could trigger a macro stored on the RP-1? I thought the T3 and RP-1 won't even work unless they are paired together? I've never had to change the ID before.

Not thinking a stuck button since the macros are all fired from the touch panel portion of the T3. When the system fired on me the T3 was dark - no simulated button pushes.

I guess if my test RP-1 also flakes out I can try changing the ID.

Thanks for all advice here!

If two systems were installed within range of each other a button press on one remote would be seen on both systems if they shared the same device ID.

Try this just to see what happens. Bring a T2-c or other RTI remote on site, load a previously used program to it with an RP1 in the file. Start pressing buttons on the new remote, you should see the installed RP1 light up and some of your button presses will do things to your installed system.

Agreed. neighboring dwelling with RTI is the likeliest cause.

We had two customers that were neighbors, and 6 months later we did the 2nd one and forgot to change the code in system properties, they had randomness happen to each other all the time, easy fix though and they were understanding.

That is awesome!


I would change the system zone ID as a first troubleshooting step.

Better one... old television in garage that used an ultrasonic remote. Pushed my Honda 500 with a disc brake on the front into the garage and the TV began changing channels. The disc emitted a high frequency squeak that coincided with the frequency that changed channels!

The TV was so old it had a motor to change channels in the mechanical tuner. CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK is the best word I can think of to describe the noise of that tuner going from channel to channel as fast as its little motor would allow.