Re: Looking at how to use the DS10A with other devices

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Jack Edin" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Bobby,
>
> It's not a big deal, really!
>
> You put in the new batteries, and press the TEST button.

Every time you fuss with it, you bring it one step closer to failure.
That's just the nature of gizmos, especially cheap X-10 gizmos.  You're new
to them, it seems, so you may need to discover this fact of life
indpendently.

If you like to futz with stuff for no particular reason, or, as it's been
pointed out, end up with two devices possibly sharing the same code, design
it so that it requires frequent maintenance.  It's just a shame that you
could design it correctly, so that it just keeps working. Lithium batteries,
at this point, would be all it takes.

I can think of some interesting scenarios where a delivery guy or an express
mailman who doesn't know you sees you fiddling with wires in your mailbox
and calls in an alert.  There are just so *many* reasons to do it the right
way and make it as maintenance free as possible.  That means long life
batteries that won't fail in the cold.

Simple.

--
Bobby G.