Who can add extended code support to Mister House?

[Jack Edin <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello gang!

Somebody in this group mentioned the W800RF32A and it's ability to
receive extended X10 like their alarm devices.

I want to know when the mail arrives.

My simple plan will tie in with another complex one, so I chose the
following method...

I bought an X10 Door/Window sensor model DS10A. I got 3 for $25-ish,
delivered... from X10.com

I bought a plastic mailbox from Homedepot.com, and I await it's arrival.

I figured I would catch the signal with the sensitive RF receiver, and
the information would be available on a serial port. RS-232

On the WGL website it is mentioned that their product is compatible with
Mister House. Wonderful!!

I knew of the Mister House project, and remember it is written in Perl.

What an outstanding choice, Perl. It can do Web stuff, TCP/IP ports,
Serial, disk access... Everything I ever wanted to make HA interfaces.

So I discovered the way to enable support for the W800RF32A in the
mh.ini file, and did.

I'm using this PC temporarily, for various testing. It has but 1 serial
port. And it is within an X10 dead zone, so neither of my new PowerLinc
1132B's receive anything over the power line. When my AF-120 filter
returns, then X10 will return to this branch circuit.

Mister House doesn't like no being connected to a PLC. And it wants a
CM11 or a CM17. I didn't see mention of the TW523 or the PowerLinc
1132B. Am I covered?

Both the PowerLinc 1132B and the W800RF32A support the extended codes.

It wasn't until I dug deeper did I discover that the Extended codes are
not yet fully supported.

Dohh!!

So I read the Mister House module for the W800 and see it is only
looking for a 4-byte response. The extended codes are 6-bytes, and maybe
9 more bits in some cases... Thats 2 more bytes...!

Currently the module doesn't get the extended job done.

Who am I gonna call??

I'm tempted to pay a few bucks for this, and I know about Rent-A-Coder.
I could ask for bids to extend the W800 module to include all code
functionality.

Who knows HOW much it would cost?

And I know this is a SourceForge project. Plenty of coders out there!

If I do pay for this, do I then release it for free? Harsh!

Anybody besides me think WGL should provide?

I don't expect any help from Dave Huston... Dave don't hate me 'cause I
plan to use the W800RF32A without government authority, to keep an eye
on my post master approved mailbox.

I have an Elk M1 Gold. If I buy a wireless zone expander, and a wireless
door/window sensor... I can have what I need. Kinda expensive at about
$130 if memory serves. Probably a better solution!

But...

I want to monitor occupancy, and log all motion sensors to a text file.
I believe Mister House can be made to do this for me easily. The W800 is
at the center of this functionality...

This is why I didn't go with the other hardware.

So WHO is it I need to talk into re-writing the W800 module for Mister
House, so as to include ALL the X10 extended codes?

Thanks!

Jack
:)