Re: X10 -> UPB?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

The UPB commands all seem to start with a control key e.g. Control-R).
ASCII command implementations may not provide a way to send these.

I notice that one of the suppliers of UPB licensed hardware has a UPB
controller with an Ethernet interface instead of RS232. That is progress.
It's a shame that PCS didn't make the controller capable of receiving and
sending X-10 - they use different sectors of the 60Hz cycle so it's
technically possible. I think an Ethernet interface that did both UPB and
X-10 would find a market. Of course, X-10 modules that used BPL for
communication would find an even bigger market.

<aside>
UPB protocol documentation shows four non-overlapping 160µS bit times in the
last 333µS of each half cycle. They seem to have a warped view of time which
might explain the inflated claims about how long UPB has been available.
</aside>

"BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>If you have a controller like a Stargate, you could set an event to
>issue a specific UPB ASCII command upon receipt of a specific X10
>signal. (IF A1-ON Received, THEN send <ASCII string> to <whatever COM
>port the UPB Controller is connected to>.
> Kludgy perhaps but I haven't seen anything better. Anyone?
>
>From:James Russo
>jr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Does anyone make a X10 to UPB translator? A friend has an alarm which
>> can send X10 commands (Vista 20P) and is looking to do some lighting
>> control. I would think that this would be somehow possible basically
>> have a received X10 command translate into a UPB link transmission.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -James
>