Here's something else you can try (another derivative from computer troubleshooting non-sticking settings). The IntelliCenter might not be recognizing properly that you've altered the Freeze setting. So when you click the save button, the IC might be first asking itself "Any settings need saving?" before doing so, rather than just rewriting every setting of every circuit. If the IC doesn't recognize that you've changed the Freeze setting, then it won't actually save it. And for the same reason, it may be saving the setting to RAM, but not writing it to non-volatile memory.
So try any of these, to force the write:
1)
- when the Freeze setting is on, turn it off.
- perform a Save.
- turn the Freeze setting back on.
- perform another Save.
2)
- when the Freeze setting is on, turn it off.
- change one or more of the other Pool circuit settings (like turn on "Show as Feature")
- perform a Save.
- turn the Freeze setting back on.
- perform another Save.
- restore the other settings you changed
- perform another Save.
3)
- do either of the above, but also throw in some changes to any of the other circuits
- restore the other circuits' settings after completing the other steps
Do either of the above multiple times.
Do various variations of #2 or #3, in a variety of orders. You're trying to force the IC to recognize the Freeze setting as changed and to write it to memory.
When I have a non-sticking setting, I'll bang my head against it, as per above, until I can get it to stick. I'll repeat steps multiple times, even if something didn't first work. I'll jumble up the steps, too, trying to find the right combo of "magic" to fool the computer into doing its job!
If all you've done is turn the Freeze setting back on and saved (and you
are saving it each time, right), then we know that's not working. You gotta try other things along with that action, even if they don't seem to make sense.
4)
It's also possible that the firmware software that runs the IC got corrupted and needs to be re-flashed to firmware. The ol' "Reinstall the operating system" troubleshooting nuclear option that tech support people love to suggest, because it's not their several hours of life...
I think IC firmware is upgradeable, right? Can it be reinstalled using the upgrade mechanism? By "upgrading" the firmware with the current firmware maybe it'll reinstall it, if the system allows that.
Let's see what
@MyAZPool thinks about any of my hair-brained schemes. Or if he's run into something similar with his IC.