Re: Where Do YOU Go For Your (Daily?) X-10 "Fix"?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

I usually check comp.home.automation daily. It is the most complete and the
most comprehensive, covering topics other than X-10, and having enough
posters with real expertise that incorrect info is usually debunked rather
quickly while even esoteric questions usually elicit responsive responses.

A couple of the groups you mentioned are too heavily influenced by vendors
and/or people who don't let their lack of expertise get in the way of
offering advice. ;) Groups dedicated to particular products also have tended
to reduce the activity here. I suspect that dilution will continue as such
groups proliferate (e.g. X-10 has started their own support forums) and that
your quest for a single source will go unfulfilled.

Do you still have the ultrasonic console?

taketheactive@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>I've been a X-10 User for *MANY* (20? 25??) years. My first "kit", that
>I bought at SEARS, included a BSR Ultrasonic Command Console. [Whoa! :D
>]
>
>[Mr Rogers {bless his heart (as now done by Robin Williams)}: 'Can you
>say "BSR"?' ;) ]
>
>>From time-to-time, I get "spurts" when I enjoy checking on "X-10
>Activity" daily. But, to-date, I have not found any ONE PLACE where I
>can get my (complete) "Daily Fix".
>
>I've been running a CM11A with ActiveHome v1.32 successfully for a few
>years (I started out in my "computer-controlled phase" with a TW-523
>along with a RS-232 Votrax Speech Synthesizer running under GW BASIC on
>an IBM PC! :p ).  I "WANTED" to upgrade to a USB CM15A when it first
>came out a few months ago, but after following the messages on various
>sites for a few weeks, I (wisely it seems) decided against it.
>
>Where I do check (somewhat) regularly is as follows:
>
>DAILY (or almost):
>==================
>
> - <http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.home.automation>
>GROUP:comp.home.automation - this has got to be the MOST COMPLETE place
>for X-10 information on the Internet! If you have *ANY* X-10 type of
>question, you can most certainly find the answer here. *BUT*, you have
>to SEARCH for it - it's not a Forum; there aren't any "logical
>groupings"; it's ONE BIG LUMP of information and you have to DIG
>THROUGH IT...
>
> - <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/x10> X-10 Yahoo! Group - this is the
>"next oldest" X-10 Information Source that I'm aware of. Created on Sep
>8, 1999, it currently has 2427 messages available for research.  But,
>"activity" comes and goes, especially for 2005...
>
> - <http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/mboard/rc-x10/list.cgi?0> X-10
>Automation Chat Forum at Remote Central - Created on Mar 29, 1999 (or
>Dec 18, 1972 if you go to the LAST Message?!?), this is an active X-10
>Forum, but also lacks any "logical grouping". Thus all information
>retrival must be done via SEARCHES...
>
> - <http://forums.accessx10.com> AccessX10 Forums - Created ~Nov 24,
>2004, this is an active X-10 Forum that currently appears to be an
>"ActiveHome Pro" niche. It has good forum software and can possibly
>grow to become an "all-encompassing" X-10 site given time (and user
>interest...)
>
>SPORADICALLY:
>=============
>
> - <http://www.cocoontech.com/index.php?> CocoonTech.Com - Created ~Dec
>22, 2003, this active VERY TECHNICAL Forum appears to be a "HomeSeer"
>niche.
>
> - <http://board.homeseer.com/forumdisplay.php?f=708> HomeSeer
>Technologies General Forums - OBVIOUSLY supported by HomeSeer, I
>sporadically visit their GENERAL Forums for ideas...
>
>What sites do *YOU* regularly visit?
>
>Why?
>
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>This message was originally created on Mar 14, 2005 and posted on
>several internet sites simultaneously, with the intention that it will
>be updated (if possible) "sporadically" as readers respond to it...