OK, so that's not the issue.

Thinking about it, I've seen similar issues with owserver and a DS2408.
I have seen random switching of outputs. I gave up using owfs to control
the DS2408 and used the EDS Owserver binding on Openhab instead.

Nigel

On 18/11/16 17:28, Arne Raaen wrote:
> I have separate  12 V power.
>
>
> On 18.11.2016 17.01, Nigel Titley wrote:
>>
>> The issue *may* be that the relay board is overloading the power
>> available from the LinkUSB and causing random resets of the DS2408.
>> It depends on the power required to drive the relays on the
>> Hobbyboards board.
>>
>> Our relay board takes 160mA with all relays energised and this will
>> cause an overload on a LinkUSB which can only supply 50mA. If you are
>> powering it separately then this isn't going to be an issue, of course.
>>
>> Nigel
>>
>>
>> On 18/11/16 14:33, Arne Raaen wrote:
>>> Rele 6 - PIO.6 was NC.
>>>
>>> Rele 7 - PIO.7 was connected via about 5 m wire to a 2W LED light,
>>> and was turned on /off independently once a day by a shell script
>>> using owwrite.
>>> I noticed the light was on at unexpected times.
>>>
>>> All switches on the HB card was set for rele operation.  No inputs
>>> were connected.
>>>
>>>
>>> Arne
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18.11.2016 13.17, Colin Reese wrote:
>>>> Maybe dumb question, but are the additional inputs floating or
>>>> connected? I noticed some interesting behavior on these as well
>>>> when in use recently. 
>>>>
>>>> Colin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 18, 2016, at 1:45 AM, Arne Raaen <arn...@raaen.org
>>>> <mailto:arn...@raaen.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a HobbyBoards relay card based on DS2408, used with LinkUSB
>>>>>
>>>>> I used a routine (unconditionally) updating PIO.0 through PIO.5 every
>>>>> minute.
>>>>>
>>>>> I observed that PIO.6 and PIO.7 would be activated at random
>>>>> intervals,
>>>>> typically a few times per day or less.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I attempted
>>>>> * use all free pairs for a better ground line
>>>>> * plug the LinkUSB directly into the HB card
>>>>> * change from perl + OWNET to python + pyownet
>>>>>
>>>>> Nothing helped reliably.
>>>>>
>>>>> I than changed the code to read owserver first, and update only when
>>>>> needed, which reduces owserver writes from 6 per minute to a few times
>>>>> per day.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since then I have not seen any unwanted activation of PIO.6 and PIO.7.
>>>>>
>>>>> (Other owserver actvity is reading mainly temperature sensors,
>>>>> every minute)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Arne
>>>>>
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