Re: X10 RF Link Command Translater

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Jeff,

What I did with the BX24-AHT and what I had planned to duplicate with the
CM15X was to allow users to determine the response to any RF command
(including those from X-10 security devices). The default action was to just
do a normal response but the user could select which housecodes to
transceive and do things like have an 'A1 ON' RF command trigger a totally
different PLC code (or macro). They could also do nothing for individual
codes like the extra codes sent by EagleEyes, etc.

Also, with additional IR or RF receivers (of other frequencies) on an RS485
network you can get inputs from non-X10 devices. With other devices you
might transmit RF codes for ceiling fans, etc.

There's really a lot of potential. I had envisioned it as a central
switchboard for HA.

The BX24-AHT had a little less EEPROM left for this than the CM15A has
available and I was using it rather wastefully by allowing the 100 custom
responses to contain 20 character strings. If the 8K EEPROM in the CM15A is
too small, you can replace it with up to 32K.

"Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>Based on comments here and some personal experience, I've been thinking
>about creating a X10 RF Link Command Translator.
>
>Many of us have devices we would like to control with RF remotes, and other
>devices we would rather not have controlled accidentally.  Sometimes these
>devices span several housecodes.  While what I describe here is easily
>implemented in a high end controller, a PIC change to a RR501 could allow it
>to handle the translation.
>
>Basically, the user would select any one housecode for the RF link.  The
>modified RR501 would then translate RF housecode-unit pairs to any other
>housecode-unit X10 line commands.  The RF link might also include a
>"security mode" where a 2 key input within a time window would be necessary
>to accept the command.
>
>Any thoughts on how useful something like this would be?
>
>Jeff
>