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Re: X10 replacement ?
Ian,
This looks very interesting! What speed do your units operate at? iirc X10
is 300baud.
Any information on the protocol itself used to communicate with the
devices?
Can you request the status of a device to see if it's on of or dimmed?
Looking forward to seeing some finalised units. Relay units could be useful
for things like controlling radiator valves. I really like the idea of
mains interfaced
displays, temperature monitors etc... top stuff !!!
What are you going to call it?! IDXR? X101? 10X? c'mon, give us a clue?
Really impressive stuff Ian! I hope you've also got ideas about developing
a stand alone controller (like Homevision) so that no PC is /required/
keep up the good work
Andy
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On 22/04/2003 at 21:54 Ian Davidson wrote:
>Hi All
>
>A long time since my last post but I have been reading all the group
>mail. Since I moved house last year I also started to install some X10
>modules (at the old house I had some basic home made modules and some
>home made RF linked kit) but soon stopped as they seemed so slow and
>unreliable. A few months ago I decided to build my own modules for use
>around the house, all the lighting and some appliance modules etc.
>Although X10 is a very well established I didn't like it and decided to
>start from scratch. I know there are others (CBUS looks very good) but
>they either were to expensive or required dedicated cabling to each
>point (or both).
>
>Anyway I've now got to the point of needing to get some PCB's designed
>but thought I would ask people what they thought so far and if anyone
>could suggest any improvements before I started on the PCB's (Hate that
>job). Rather than explain everything here I've botched together a
>webpage to explain it so please have a look if you have the time and
let
>me know of any mistakes or improvements you can think of.
>
>http://www.galeforce9.co.uk/details1.htm
>
>I still have much to do especially on the PC software side but I should
>get there in the end.
>
>Thanks
>
>Ian D
>
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