RE: X10-to-Infrared, for controlling your entertainment system

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

Robert,

No - it looks like _I've_ got the wrong end of the stick, not you :-(

M.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Welsh [mailto:bob-ukha@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 16 May 2002 10:12
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] X10-to-Infrared, for controlling your
entertainment system


Hi,

I'm looking at solving a similar problem....but doesn't Girder give you
IR control *OF* your PC - as opposed to giving your PC the ability to
control other devices via IR ?? Maybe I've got the wrong end of the
stick.

To do an X10-to-IR transform, I'm having to look at a combination of
Homeseer and either a PCBlastIR from Concept Devices or a RedRat2....

Unless, of course, someone has any other brighter ideas...

This came up earlier in the week in another thread - I think it was
Tony
T's "PC RF IR Transmitter" thread....
What Tony was doing was using an RF interface on his PC to create IR
signals in a particular room using Powermids

Cheers,
      Robert      

> OK - turning to your issues.
> 
> IR control from PCs - try looking at girder - www.girder.nl
> 
> How you'd trigger it from your CM12, I'm not sure - 
> personally I'd use something like HomeSeer (but that costs 
> $75 - however, it is available on a 30-day trial.
> 
> Personally, I use HomeVision, but I'm guessing that that's 
> out of you price expectations at the moment... nonetheless, a 
> great bit of kit.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: malynchcc@xxxxxxx [mailto:malynchcc@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 15 May 2002 23:42
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] X10-to-Infrared, for controlling your 
> entertainment system
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> 
> Ive just starting out in home-automation and having only 
> recently finished 
> Uni and bought my first house, I have limited money to spend. 
> Ideally I would 
> like to build a system that doesnt require me to buy an 
> out-of the box system 
> (simply because of the costs).
> 
> My 2bed house is in need of a major refurb and so I have a 
> great opportunity 
> to run wires for a LAN, whole house audio, voice control, 
> lighting, and 
> cabling for Infrared control.
> 
> My first question is:
> Voice control of my automated units could be expensive 
> becuase of the need 
> for a gated amp and ceiling mounted mics. An alternative solution for
> controlling the devices is via infrared. I understand that a 
> unit exists 
> transforming Infrared and RF to x10 which is great news. But 
> once Ive sent a 
> command (using a remote control or other device) to my PC, 
> what device exists 
> that will turn x10 signals from PC CM12U controller into 
> Infrared signals?? You maybe wondering why I want an 
> x10-to-infrared conversion. Well....once 
> ive got my lighting sorted using x10 modules (ive bought 1 x 
> ld11 DIN rail 
> dimmer for my lounge lighting) I would my computer to be able 
> to turn the TV 
> onto channel 6, start my DVD player, switch my hi-fi onto 
> video mode and 
> adjust the volume to a predetermined value...all in response 
> to a single 
> press of a button on the remote which tells the computer Im 
> going to be 
> watching a movie and require the above actions to be executed.
> 
> All my home entertainment stuff is activated by infrared.
> 
> My second questions is:
> If an x10-to-Infrared conversion isnt possible, I could wire 
> each room 
> independantly of the mains. In this instance I would have a 
> bundle of wires 
> in the room where my computer is, but no device in which to 
> terminate them. 
> If a device for connecting multiple Infrared cables does 
> exist, how would I 
> then connect this device to my computer?
> 
> 
> Sorry for the length of this email.
> Cheers
> Martin 
> 
> 
> Nb: My collection of Home Automated Devices so far consists of:
>       1 x cm12u controller
>       1 x DIN rail dimmer (a module I
intend using for 
> controlling a group of 
> lights in the lounge)
> and thats it......so far at least. Im still deciding what 
> devices to buy. I 
> have read somewhere, probably from this discussion group, 
> that its possible 
> to have whole house audio and to have the output either in 
> every room or just 
> in the room youre in. This is achieved by using PIR detectors 
> which then tell 
> your computer to switch the output from the amp to specific 
> speakers. Is this 
> true???
> 
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