Re: Starting over

[Rover <rover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/14/2012 8:40 AM, Pat wrote:
> It is interesting to see how similar our stories are.  Yes, I am
> retired.  But that means I have more time to play!  Regarding using
> the Internet, I created my own interface that does that using my
> 1132CU.  (It helps to be a retired engineer/programmer).

Funny, I have the same background. I have not used 1132CU though.
Instead, I switched to CM15A after CP290 after I screwed up the latter
when I tried to change it's default house code from A to another one.
All I achieved was that it no longer worked with any house code.

I would be interested though how you managed to get your X-10 to be
controlled remotely via Internet. I still like to dabble with hobby
electronics, though my background is not electronics, but power
distribution. I just "married" my old Heath SD-6000 "Barking Dog"
alarm's PIR sensor with a new D-link DCS-2230 IP camera's digital input
trigger in order to take video clips of anyone approaching my front
door. It took some IC project to get the PIR pulses trigger an X10 alarm
interface which then transmitted that signal over the power line to a
universal X-10 adapter near the camera to close its digital input
contatcs for the clip taking. I must admit though that the major design
work on that circuit was done by a helpful Dutch guy at another news
group and mine was only the original idea and the execution.

So maybe I would also understand what you did with that IP interface of
yours.