Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / November 2003

This Optex detector seems to have one of the best credentials for
outdoor as far as I learned, so now I have been looking for prices. I
see in a quick search an extremely wide price range of 65-199 $ per
unit.

I am wanting a 7.5" touch screen that i could use to control a pc/laptop.
The ida i ahve is to use my laptop/pc as normal but to install another
graphics card to run the touch screen, and have a visual basci menu runing
on that screen.

Hi
I am new to this game and wish to set up a camera that I can control
via a web browser.
Has anyone got any suggestions for a decent wireless or wired camera

I am newbee in this world and would like to plan out my home automation
project. I am looking for advice to help me select the best system available
for controlling my home.
Important decision factors are :

Is it possible to modify an Appliance module so that it can be controlled
locally via an external contact closure?

If you know what this is/does, you know how neat this system is.  These sell
for 239.00 and this one is version 1.3.23 software which is upgradable on
line to 1.3.81 (I believe) for free.  Here's a link that should answer any &
all questions about what it is & what it can do.

Has anyone in the UK used XCam2s with their PC and Pantilt Pro or Multiview,
Firecracker etc...
I am currently using Multiview with a X10 USB Video adapter and waiting for
my PC RF serial adapter to arrive, although I am not sure it will work here

I'm looking for a basic simple firewall, that will block
incoming/outgoing ports on a windows laptop.
I need to manage the firewall remotely, so I need to update the rules
files remotely

http://news.com.com/2100-1014-5095260.html
Any idea what this means for their products? I still use X10 controllers and
modules occasionally, and I'd hate to see them suddenly become unavailable!

I looked thru the archives but didn't see many suggestions regarding
motorized window shades (roller shades?). Basically I have a home
theater, and in the future if I purchase the house we are renting I
would like to automate the ability to black out the room.

Has anyone had any experience with phantom X-10 RF events from the
MR-26?
No consistent repeatability, with weeks going by with no problems.
Then I'll get a few days of 1 or two events, then nothing for another

I am putting out Christmas lights this year. Does anyone have any
information on how to cheaply control them from a pc? How to cheaply
add motion to a few?
I am new to this and any help or dorection to resources would be

Here is some interesting information a friend sent me today in email I
thought you out there might be interested in reading.
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Intel Wants to Automate Your Home

I have a 4-year-old Siemens Gigaset 2.4 Gh phone system with 6 handsets.
Only 1 handset still works ok, the others all have varying degrees of the
now-famous "Gigaset Warble". I've sent handsets back to Siemens, I've
re-registered handsets, these fixes only last a few days. This ...

I have a handful of X-10 light switches scattered throughout my house
and a RR501 (is that the right description?) in my garage.  I use one of
the palm pad remotes to run different macros, etc.  I also have a CM11a
connected to a computer running HaAL Deluxe.