Re: is X10 2-way ?

["Brian" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.crmagnetics.com/newprod/search_result.asp?CATEGORY=ALL&PRODUCT_ID=Model%2019

This will allow you to monitor if a circuit is on/off.

Some X10 is 2 way and it will say so in the description.
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Brian Dye
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"Tolga Uzuner" <tolga@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi There,
>
> I am new to the group. I've reda a lot of helpful material here, so thanks
> to everyone already.
>
> I am wiring up a brand new house, and would like to install controls into
> all the electrical circuitry so that I can do the following:
> - turn any circuit on or off
> - monitor IF a circuit is being used ot not i.e. if it is passing current
> or not
> - write macros to turn circuits on and off contingent on signals from
> motion detectors etc.
> - control/monitor circuits and also motion detectors over the web
>
> Reading up on X10, it appears some of this is possible but I am not sure
> if one could actually use x10 to check if current is running through a
> circuit. Is this possible ? Do socket controls exist in x10 which can also
> act as transmitters contingent on something happening ?
>
> I do not want all the circuitry inside the socket, and not an external
> plug. I am wiring the house new, so might as well put in circuitry into
> the sockets now which will give me what I want.
>
> If X10 is not a solution, what of something like Insteon or Zigbee  ? Can
> I install Insteon into the sockets internally and get the behaviour I need
> ?
>
> Finally, I am in continental Europe... are there Insteon/Zigbee products
> available in Europe ?
>
> Thanks, Tolga