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Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / July 2006X10 RF equipment - is there a difference between UK and US gear?
I'm in the UK and have many X10 items working succesfully. I now want some extra bits and bobs, specifically motion sensors and key fob remotes. They are a horrendous price in the UK but online in the US and from US based ebayers, quite affordable. My question is: will those X10 RF transmitters for the US market work with my exisiting UK gear? You haven't provided enough detail about which gear you want them to work with. The RF frequency used in North America is 310MHz. Europe uses 433.92MHz. (Until about 5-6 years ago the UK used 418MHz but since then uses 433.92MHz.) European devices that receive RF will not work with devices that transmit 310MHz. Europe allows much, much higher RF output power so range will be better when using devices made for Europe. >I'm in the UK and have many X10 items working succesfully. I now want >some extra bits and bobs, specifically motion sensors and key fob >remotes. They are a horrendous price in the UK but online in the US >and from US based ebayers, quite affordable. My question is: will >those X10 RF transmitters for the US market work with my exisiting UK >gear? > You haven't provided enough detail about which gear you want them to work > with. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 433.92MHz.) European devices that receive RF will not work with devices that > transmit 310MHz. Looks like my plan won't work then! I just have basic dimmer switches, lamp modules and RF trasceivers and key fobs. Rip off Britain... Your transceivers will only work with European transmitters. You can modify a transceiver made for the USA to work with 230V. You can find plans on the web. For input to a PC, the MR26A (310MHz) and MR26E(433.92MHz) are powered from the RS232 port so no conversion is needed. >> You haven't provided enough detail about which gear you want them to work >> with. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Rip off Britain... > Your transceivers will only work with European transmitters. > > You can modify a transceiver made for the USA to work with 230V. You can > find plans on the web. Thanks - but that's beyond my capabilities. Know of anywhere I could get one already modified? No. >Thanks - but that's beyond my capabilities. Know of anywhere I could >get one already modified? Has anyone outside North America tried plugging a TM751 or RR501 into one of those 240V->120V travel voltage adapters - the ones that are actually transformers (usually autotransformers) and not switching converters? I imagine the question is whether there's enough coupling between primary and secondary at 120KHz without having to add capacitance. > Your transceivers will only work with European transmitters. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> >>Rip off Britain... |
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