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I have attached an image of the modified USB port and housing.

That sounds like a bus lock.
Does it show bus lock on the status screen of the controller?
It would also make the red led blink on the head unit.

No, it doesn't have a red blinking LED on the controller. The screen also looks normal - no notification of bus lock.

I also forgot to mention in my previous post that I have a 2nd RA+ and have swapped the controller as well, but there was no change when I did that.

I came down this morning and the outlets were on correctly, but the dimming expansion was not working at all but as soon as I unplugged and re-plugged in the controller, everything is fine again.....

Can there be a bus lock without the controller flagging it and having the red blinking light?

No. Could it be the hub?
Did you try different ports?

I have tried several different ports on the hub. I just wrapped the USB cables in copper tape and plugged them into new ports on the hub. We'll see what it looks like tomorrow morning.

dlplunkett44 wrote:I have tried several different ports on the hub. I just wrapped the USB cables in copper tape and plugged them into new ports on the hub. We'll see what it looks like tomorrow morning.

Any updates? My relay box started acting up again last week. Almost identical symptoms to yours. No bus lock light, relays flicker, and some relays get stuck. The strange part is it only seems to happen in the evening to early morning. I leave for work at 5:00 AM and I can hear the relays on box two flickering. By the time the lights come on at 10:30 AM it's all back to normal. Around 8:30 PM it all starts up again.

I finished adding the steel sheet behind the controller and low voltage stuff. I've also added copper EMI shielding tape around all USB and DC cables. In addition, I've taken my newest relay box off as well. I currently have an expansion hub plugged into the main relay box, then one additional relay box and a 16 channel dimming expansion plugged into the expansion hub. I'm still having issues both with relays not coming on correctly as well as dimming being messed up until I unplug and replug-in the controller.
At this point I'm working on moving everything over to a Reef Pi setup. Its a little more DIY in some aspects, but it is also a lot more capable. I suggest looking into it...

Bummer. Not what I was hoping to hear :/

same issue, flick and stuck relay. no bus lock alarm. last for two years.
only work fine without any expansion module. almost give up, no luck.