Re: X10 programming from PC

["frank.agee@xxxxxxxxx" <frank.agee@xxxxxxxxx>]

Who makes these CM11 and CM12U devices?

Using a PC to control x-10?  Wouldn't you rather have some diskless,
fanless, microsoftless box, made to be on 24/7, that won't tie down
your PC?  Wouldn't that be nicer?

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Staiger wrote:
> "Geordie"wrote:
>
> > I tried out Test Communications on ActiveHome's Tools menu - no
> > response from the CM12.  Replaced the CM12 and everything works again!
>
> In my experience the CM11/12 is the most unreliable piece of junk you can
> buy.  I've been using ActiveHome recently, like Geordie, and have found that
> after a few downloads of "timers and macros" the CM11 just stops responding.
> There are clearly problems with the software in the CM11/12, and it's
> appalling that the manufacturers haven't fixed it after all these years.
>
> However, if you unplug it, remove the batteries and wait, refit the
> batteries, plug it in and start again it works again.  Obviously a software
> lockup.
>
> My suggestion to Geordie is to do that, rather than replacing the unit, when
> it goes wrong next time (which it surely will).
>
> Incidentally, I'm pretty unhappy with ActiveHome.  It's a 16-bit application
> which hasn't been updated in years, and has a very clunky look and feel to
> it.  I tried Harmony, but it looks like it's been put together by someone
> who's just learned Visual Basic so, like Geordie, I also will be writing my
> own control program.
>
> Geordie, what programming language/environment are you using?  I was gonna
> use Delphi, with which I'm reasonably familiar.
>
> Thack