Re: X10 RF Link Command Translater

["Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx>]

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > I remember that capability in the BX24-AHT.  Most high-end controllers
can
> > do it with macros.  I'm wondering if there would be enough interest in a
> > cheap revision to existing RR501s to make it worth the effort.  Of
course,
> > much of that work could be ported to the CM15A mod.
>
> I'm not sure I have this right but isn't the RR501 hampered by an antenna
> design that is harder to modify than the CM15A?  That, alone, would seem
to
> make it a bad candidate for extension.

True, the antenna on the RR501 is what it is.  In my case that covers the
house and anywhere in the yard where I wanted to check the sprinkler system.
The only downside is that the RR501 is not socketed, so the chip has to be
unsoldered.

Jeff