Re: X10 PC Interface upgrade

[Art Todesco <actodesco@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/26/2010 7:55 PM, Dabbler wrote:
> "Art Todesco" <actodesco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> BTW, I have seen many of the 1132CUs on EBAY, etc. for pretty good
>> prices. I
>
> Well, I don't know where you've seen all those 1132CU-s on eBay, but I
> did not find them. On the other hand, as I was looking around more, I
> also noticed the 2414U USB interface that looks and functions pretty
> much the same as the 1132CU, so one of them must be the more recent one,
> I guess. Then even more interesting is the 2412N model with an ethernet
> interface that allows the use of web browser to control it from anywhere
> through the Internet. This sounds to me the most attractive option as
> you basically would not be dependent on an operating system. Any Java
> enabled Web browser would do it. I sure would like to hear from anybody
> who has an experience with this one. Basically what I would like to see
> from such an interface is to be able to program the X-10 or INSTEON
> devices to be turned on or off at given times and also do
> out-of-schedule, direct on-off action through the web interface.
Well, I didn't see any now on ebay
either.  I use the standard software
that SH provides.  The call it Manager.
  It is pretty good for most things.
The one thing the "Manager Plus"
software does and the standard one
doesn't is it allows you to say if A1
one is presently on and an A2-on occurs,
do an A3-on.  Right now I'm doing it
with a few X10 universal modules
connected together with a powerflash
module.  It's really a kludge, but it
does work.