Re: software for TW523 on Linux

[Neil Cherry <njc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:42:09 GMT, Dave Houston wrote:
> The TW523 is not a serial device so you won't find any software to control
> it from a serial port. Likewise, you won't find a pinout for a serial cable.
>
> You can find the pinout for the TW523 in the TW523 manual, available from
> X-10's website.
>
>      http://www.x10.com/support/support_manuals.htm
>
> bfay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I am looking for software to communicate with a TW523 from a Linux box.
>> I found softwares like twseriald and rt_x10 but they do not compile on
>>my actually Linux system.  I think those software are too old for the
>>latest headers and libraries used on my system.
>>
>>Does anyone know of software that will run on a Linux to control a
>>TW523 from a serial port?
>>
>>Also, where can I find the pinout for the cable between the TW523 and
>>the serial port?

Dave's correct, you can not easily drive the TW523 from the serial
port. The tweriald uses a ucontroller to go from RS232 to the TTL
serial pulses. Another method is to use the Parallel port but that
put a nasty load on the CPU. You would be better off with one of
the X10 or Insteon (which allows you to run X10 commands). Of course
you still may lack drivers. See my 1st web pages below for various
solutions.

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