Re: X10 Code Translator

[ddl@danlan.*com (Dan Lanciani)]

In article <HtOdnc5-VqA0wFnZnZ2dnUVZ_vSdnZ2d@xxxxxxx>, ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx (Robert Green) writes:

| I'm curious as to why you chose IR control over RF control of your X-10 via
| their 8-in-1 (?) remotes.

I didn't; it supports both IR and RF.

| I'm a little confused because I thought you were
| doing all this magic via a new PIC installed in the RR501 - the one where
| you had to do a pin swap via a socket sandwich to get it to accept a new
| chip.

Yes, that's the one.  I had an extra pin so I decided to add IR input as
well.  It's fun to see how much you can fit in a PIC...

| For example, I
| think:
|
| ftp://ftp.danlan.com/ftp.danlan.com/homeauto/x10rfd.mr26.txt
|
| Is a program to create a log of RF traffic monitored by the MR26.  But
| beyond that, I don't have a clue.  :-(

It gives you a network-based interface to the stream as well, much like
the x10d version for the CM11a does for power line.  My automation system
is built from a set of such networked modules.

| I suspect that my changing my setup around to accomodate the XTB's has had
| more of an effect than using the Decora AHT.   Whatever the reason the
| serious problem of the lights turning out an instant after they had been
| turned on via an EagleEye has now become one of the light turning itself
| back on after being turned off remotely.  That's far more tolerable than a
| sudden lights out, especially one that occurs within seconds of entering a
| room.

You are obviously far more tolerant than I am... :)

				Dan Lanciani
				ddl@danlan.*com