Re: Re: Micromodules....

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

>You ARE going to have a problem using any type of module with a
>hoover. A hoover WILL generate line noise and probably block your
>signal.
>
>

Hmm... I'll have to give my hoover a go on an AM12 & try this out...
but the 
hoover is just an example, - perhaps it might be an iron (I've left for
work 
in the morning and left the iron on before!) - actually, I once came in
late 
at night, put the oven on to cook pizza, forgot about it, went to bed, got
up the next morning, went to work, came home the following evening, thought
"goodness, the house seems very warm..." only THEN to notice my
somewhat 
charred supper STILL in the oven which was STILL on at 200 degrees!! (I
didn't eat it!)


>
>There is no way on this earth that I would pay 70 quid for a plug.
I
>don't care if it had an internet connection, 70 quid is 70 quid.
6.4
>plugs is a homevision controller. When you look at the pricing 70
>quid Vs 24 quid it makes it very hard to justify.
>

Fair do's, it *is* ludicrously expensive, but I live in hope that these
modules will displace the previous generation that we all despise so much,
and eventually move into their price bracket...


>
> > There are 2 fuses in the supply to the appliance, - when one
goes,
>how do
> > you know which one it is?
>
>that's easy, put a nail across the appliance module in place of the
>fuse :P
>


LOL!!

> > The micromodules support status reporting, but the AM12's don't,
so
>no way
> > of determining the state of anything plugged into an ordinary
>appliance
> > module...
>
>yup, but there's more of an argument for adding this to the
existing
>AM12's - or in fact every other module - there is no excuse for
them
>not having this...
>

But not for twice the price eh?


> > Suppose you want to use it in a restricted-use type of
scenario,
>i.e. like a
> > TV in a kids bedroom, - any kid would soon figure out that
all
>he/she has to
> > do to circumvent your "parental control" is remove the
appliance
>module from
> > the socket, and plug the appliance in directly! - not possible
with
>an X10
> > plugtop...
>
>Actually, they'd probably figure out that you just have to turn the
>TV on and off a couple of times to get the module to turn itself
back
>on... this applies to both types..
>


Ahhh, but.... you're forgetting that the micromodule transmits its status
whenever it changes... (actually, Ant, - did you test local control? - does
it have this feature, and *does* it transmit it's new status when local
control changes it?) - Assuming that it does, if the little brat^H^H^H^H
darling tries this trick, your HA controller would see the "ON"
X10 signal 
>from
you could have some fun with that, - let him/her carry on watching for a
couple of minutes, just long enough to get interested in something, and
then 
turn it off!! LOL!

Paul G.




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