RE: X10 and Ir remote

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> In article <20051113112407.C30C2107B4@xxxxxxx>, Phil
> Harris wrote:
> > You don't seem to have an RF receiver listed there - how
> are you going
> > to pick up the RF from your SS13 / KR19?
>
> I'd got it into my head that the IR7243AH was based on the
> IR7243W but also did all the house codes.
>
> Is this grid right?
> Model      RF     All House
> IR7243     No     No
> IR7243W    Yes    No
> IR7243AH   No     Yes

Pretty much...

... The IR7243RF takes all housecode by RF if you set it to housecode
"P"
and it also seems to take all housecodes by IR if you set it to housecode
"P" but *NOT* from an RU980 or RU950 pronto for some reason.
(Seems to work
fine from an RU940/RU970 - haven't tried an RU990 yet.)

> > ActiveHome is very basic ... It really gives you little more than
a
> > sniff at what you can do with home automation.
>
> What I'd actually prefer is just an API down to the X10 so I
> can pull stuff together myself. This will make it easier to
> integrate my 1-wire stuff.

There's a set of ActiveX controls at
http://www.homeseer.com/downloads/index.htm
if that helps.

Phil