Re: Industrial PLC and X10 Protocol

["RM" <trash@xxxxxxxxx>]

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)
>
>