Re: x10 Help

[Frank Mc Alinden <Frank.Mc.Alinden.2xn96j@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bobby

IMO  its important to have a good 9v power supply with plenty of extra
current capacity available for future add ons you may connect to
it....
After a couple of years my original power supply started causing
problems with my Homevision and recently another Australian user sent
his hv to me to have a look at as he thought the internal battery was
shot but it was his power supply..replaced the power supply and alll
was ok....

>Hopefully it does more than just
>boot up, but I haven't gotten around to actually hooking it up to a PC
and
>loading the latest software.

Bobby a lot of the hv users are now using scheltes  HVXL app to
programme Homevision as it a lot more flexible then the standard hv
software and has more features.......check it out...Im using it to
program my test hv unit...
http://hv.tclcode.com/

HTH
Frank


Robert Green;40613 Wrote:
> "Frank Mc Alinden" <Frank.Mc.Alinden.2xm2bm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Hopefully you have a 1203c motherboard ...??
>
> Phew!  The first time I (mis)read that I saw "hopefully you DON'T have
> a
> 1203C" because that's exactly what it says on the label for "Part
> Number."
> That's good, I hope.
>
> > Just watch plugging in the  tw523 ;-)....(dont bend pins like i did)
> ....
>
> I just examined the metal pins on the plug and they seem to extend a
> lot
> further out than most jacks I've seen.  I'll consider myself duly
> warned but
> it may not do any good.  I've broken far sturdier pins than that (PS/2
> keyboard connectors, for one).
>
> > Also ensure you get a decent regulated  9v power supply
>
> I was going to use a Hwang unit that came from an old printer sharing
> box
> but when I put it on the meter it read 15VDC even though the faceplate
> said
> 9VDC.   I hunted around a little and found a Radio Shack variable
> voltage
> supply that put out 9 volts.  I realize that 15VDC is an unloaded
> reading,
> but I thought I would err on the cautious side since lower voltage is
> less
> likely to do damage than higher voltage.  I don't believe either one of
> them
> is regulated so I might end up ordering one that CSI recommends.
>
> >..........Its a great Controller IMO
>
> Well, you and John seem to like them alot.  I like what I see so far.
> I
> would say it's like running the Ocelot with Homeseer (in terms of ease
> of
> programming), but it doesn't require a 24x7 PC to achieve that.
> Coupled
> with the TV output, the overlay capability and add-ons like caller ID,
> it
> looks to be a very nice, compact and highly capable product.  And since
> I
> got it and a bunch of X-10 modules for less than 1/3 list price, I'm
> pretty
> happy.  Considering my most recent Ebay experiences (a Nikon camera
> that had
> to be turned off by removing the batteries because the power switch
> was
> bad), I'm happy that it even booted up!  Hopefully it does more than
> just
> boot up, but I haven't gotten around to actually hooking it up to a PC
> and
> loading the latest software.
>
> --
> Bobby G.


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Frank Mc Alinden