Re: 1132CU Information

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

greenpjs@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:27:12 GMT, nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)
>wrote:
>
>>greenpjs@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:34:27 GMT, nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>greenpjs@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Does anyone know what commands to send a Smarthome 1132CU X-10
>>>>>interface in order to download timed events and macros? I know how to
>>>>>send and receive X-10 commands in real time, but not how to download
>>>>>"programmed" events.
>>>>
>>>>Why not use the software that came with the 1132CU?
>>>It is no longer supported and can't be easily installed on Vista or
>>>newer OS's.  (It will actually *run* on newer OS's but won't install
>>>without a lot of trickery.  It says, "Sorry, This is not a supported
>>>OS").  Also, it has old daylight saving time dates.  Other than that,
>>>it's great.  Besides, I write software as a hobby and like the
>>>challenge.
>>
>>I don't know their current policy but Smarthome only released low level
>>programming details to registered developers. It cost about $200 to become a
>>registered developer and there was an extremely restrictive non-disclosure
>>clause preventing registered developers from divulging ANY programming
>>details.
>>
>>Where did you learn how to send/receive real-time X-10 commands? Perhaps you
>>can get these other details there. Otherwise, your best bet is to run the
>>Smarthome software and use a USB Sniffer program to examine the data - you
>>did say you like a challenge.
>I got my information from someone who reverse engineered it and wrote
>a program that ran under linux.  His program is still available on
>source forge and references a PDF which I finally found.  The PDF had
>an email address so I sent him a message asking if he had anything
>further.  No response yet but the address was many years old so my
>request may not have reached him.
>
>Regarding a USB sniffer, do you have any suggestions?  I tried to
>install one last year and it totally screwed up my system.  As a
>result, I'm a little gun shy about installing another.

I've never had a need for a USB sniffer so I cannot recommend one. I did a
Bing search on "usb sniffer" and got a lot of hits. Some were on
SourceForge.

     http://www.bing.com/search?q=usb+sniffer&form=OSDSRC

I forgot to mention that there is a Smarthome forum. You might get some help
there but you may also encounter Smarthome employees who will tell you to
buy a developer license. Their policies may be more open on the 1132CU given
that it does not support Insteon.

     http://www.smarthome.com/forum/default.asp