Re: No more X10 at Radio Shack?

[Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:51:05 +0000, Dan Lanciani wrote:

> I just wish they would introduce a two-way wall switch with the LM14A/AM14A
> command set.  Nobody seems to make one that I find acceptable.  Either they
> have changed the commands around or they have added gratuitous ON/OFF
> transmissions that cannot be disabled.  ACT came very, very close with
> the last version of their dimmer, though you had to set a lot of options
> to get it into a fully compatible mode.  But it doesn't have an input for
> remote n-way switches.  Their relay switch (as far as I know) never got
> upgraded to the improved firmware and sends gratuitous status messages
> that cannot be disabled.  I actually have a beta unit that doesn't do
> this (it was a bug!) and to which I added a remote input.  I'm wondering
> what I'll replace it with when/if it fails. :(

I could use something like that around my place.  (At least I could if
the switch boxes had neutrals, which they don't.)  Load sensing would tell
me when an exterior bulb had burned out - some are not easily visible from
the house.

Regards,
Charles Sullivan