Re: Industrial PLC and X10 Protocol

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

The TW523 is not a serial device. It's TTL.

"RM" <trash@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Brian,
>
>You would have to get a converter that would go from some native
>communication available on the S7 PLC to the X-10, and write your own code
>on the PLC.  The best bet would probably be the TW523 which converts serial
>to X-10 commands.  Then you just use a serial port on the S7, write your
>serial command function blocks and there you go.  I don't think there are
>any Profibus to X-10 converters, although that would be cool.
>
>Robert
>"Brian" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hi
>>
>> Has anyone managed to interface the X10 protocol with an Industrial PLC? I
>> have several X10 modules along with the PC link and software running in my
>> home at the moment. Also I have a Seimens S7 226 PLC which I can program
>to
>> run other hard wired items, can the PLC read the X10 protocol via an add
>on
>> module or somewhere in the PLC programming software? If anyone has managed
>> to do this I would be interested to know their findings or if anyone knows
>a
>> link to a site, that would be helpful too.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Brian  (England)
>>
>>
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