Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / October 2003

Former corporate AMX Programmer here, and I'm looking for alternatives for a
home setup, with the goal being on the cheap.
What I'm looking to do is connect an IR Blaster of sorts to my PC, and then use
the PC to send out the commands to the devices via the IR blaster...change

Don't circuit breakers have two little curvy pieces of different metals
joined together (just like a home thermostat) that expand at different
rates as the current going through them gets higher and heats them?  If
the current gets too high, this metal sandwich will twist it's way ...

Hello! My X10 lights and appliances turn on and of randomly all the time.
Like 3-5 times a day.
I don't know what could be doing it. I don't have the CM11a comp interface
plugged in, and I have tried removing the RF device. But it still happends.

Currently, I have a whole house audio system running 5 pair of 8 ohm
speakers. Would like to add another pair of speakers which will be
controlled by an existing anolog impedance matching volome control. Is
there a problem with controlly (4) 8 ohm speakers from a single volume

My first web page is now gone and I am only using the HTML site. If you had
trouble looking at the first site, sorry but it was my first try at a web
site.  Any feedback is welcome.  In addition the Manual is now a PDF file
and is available at :

I want to connect a video camera to all the TVs in my house,
so when they each go to a channel, that they all see the camera.
I thought I had what I needed, but it's not quite working.
I got the camera, a modulator to add a cable channel, and a combiner

Does anybody know if this gadget is US 120v only, or "universal power"?  
http://www.smarthome.com/1132U.html
What I really want to know is whether it can be plugged into a 240v AC
outlet safely.

i'm trying to put a flood light with motion detector outside my
garage, I like the x10 one with a motion detector that will turn on
x10 things in the house the most.  my problem is that i want to have
it turn on the light when it detects motion olny some of the days of

I thought I'd bounce an idea off this distinguished crowd, see what you
think: a web-addressible LCD character display.
The idea is that I'd install a couple of these around the house in 2 gang
enclosures. I'd use a program such as Homeseer running on the central

Hello all, I was lead here through a series of jumps on IR remote control
websites.
I am grasping at straws I think...BUT,
I am looking for the discrete component 1 and component 2 input codes for a

Not sure if this is the corect NG to ask.....please advise if not.
This project is far simpler that any Home Automation (which I don't have as
yet)
but I thought some of the smart inventive people here might be able to help.

Group:
I am in the process of converting various light switches throughout my house
with x10 compatible switches.  So far I have a few Leviton 6391 single pole
switches  & a couple 3 way 6293/6294 slave master switches.

What is the best way to ground a satellite multi-switch that is located in
my basement? I know that I can use the water pipe, but it is more than 50
feet away. Is there anyway possible I can ground it to my OnQ Structured
Wiring cabinet or to an outlet?

We might need an X10 repeater to reach the end of all 3 phases in our house.
I think the X10 XPCR3 might work.
We have have 220V 50Hz 3phase service over here. (3phase+neutral)
The voltage issue is no problem. I will use the ''transformer with capacitor

is there any x10 scripting language, I'm looking to have something
like the computer notifies me that something happens (aka the garage
was opened) and then it takes a script i wrote for that and runs it