Re: New toys :-)

["Neil F" <automated@xxxxxxx>]

Where did you order from, Justin? Did customs take their slice? Everytime
Iv'e ordered DVD's from the US I've been hit by customs, but never been hit
when ordering from Canada...Are there any home automation companies in
Canada that anyone can recommend?

Thanks
Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin" <justin@xxxxxxx>
To: "UKHA" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 1:53 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] New toys :-)


> 3 x EagleEye PIR sensors
> 2 x Outdoor PIR sensors
> 2 x Slimfire remotes
> 1 x MP3 remote keypad + MR26A ALL HOUSECODE RF receiver.
>
> This little lot weighted in at $128 including postage of $35. I dread
to
> think what the equivalent UK pricing would be!
>
> Impressions:
> Hawkeye's - Smaller than I thought, easy to set up, can be used
externally.
>
> Outdoor PIRs - Better range to MR26A than EagleEye, Bloody huge, will
look
> stupid!
>
> Slimfires - Poor range compared to EagleEye
>
> MR26A - This brings it all together as this unit 'hears' all the other
stuff
> which uses 310MHz. Initially I was very disappointed with the range of
this
> thing, it was perhaps 15 feet to the farthest EagleEye when testing,
but
> simply stripping back some of the pigtail antenna and connecting it to
an
FM
> arial helped quite a bit. I am going to try and improve this further.
>
> The MR26A does not transmit X10 signals over the powerline, it simply
plugs
> in to a serial port so you have to have software that can communicate
with
> it. HomeSeer comes with a plugin which does just that.
>
> Justin.
>
>
>
>
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