In article .net,
DaveC wrote:

Thus spake Don Bruder:

It does sound as if the camera may be kaput, but from here, it's hard to
tell


I was using the wrong power supply for the video receiver module (the PS's
look interchangeable, but aren't). Here's the e-mail I received from X10
support:
- - -
There is no way to absolutely determine if a camera or receiver is defective
without a second camera or receiver to test them against. The issue may be as
simple as a misplaced power supply - check to make sure that the video
receiver is using a D9300 or PR30A, NOT a D9100 power supply - the D9100
power supply is designed for use with the VCR Commander only, and while it
supplies enough power to light the power LED, it does not have enough power
to actually receive video.
- - -
All is well. Thanks for your help, Don.


AHA! That would indeed be a problem! One that I don't have, since I
power my VR31 from one of the spare plugs I grafted onto the power
supply box of a Tandy 1000 computer (that was already ancient when I
gutted it 15 years ago) that serves double duty feeding a stack of old
SCSI drives - Rated for 4 amps on the +12V output, it's got more than
plenty of juice to feed the stack of drives, the VR31, and pretty much
anything else I care to plug into it. (within reason, of course...)

Glad to hear there's a "happy ending" to your tale!

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