Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / January 2004

   Just wondering. I am having some software issues. Just wondering what
the current software revision is.
Thanks!
Chris

Planning my phone wiring for the new house.  Missing link seems to be how to
get from the 110 block to the RJ45.  Is there a standard cable and where
would I find it.  I assume there is a matching pattern for the 110 block as
well.

I'm French, i have a CM11A which is down. It's my transformer ! I would
like to change it, but i don't know its reference ?
Input : 3 wires : 220v ?
Output : 2 wires : ?

I bought an Nx-8 Kit from ebay. Unfortunately, the little black plastic
mounting pieces that go begind the main board when you place it in the can
are missing.  Anybody know here I find a couple of these?

Are these things normally finicky and unreliable? I have a landscape lights
transformer located inside my garage which obviously doesn't allow me to use
it's photocell to turn it on and off. I was using a mechanical timer but
found it to be a pain to change the dusk time so often ...

building a new house and I have a "loft" area which will have a tv/surround
sound system.  Is there anyway that I can feed the ceiling speakers from
both my surround sound system or from my home audio system?  Looking for how
I should wire this...or do I just use my surround sound ...

I'm building a new house, and I would like some advice/recommendations.  I
don't have a huge equipment budget, and my labor pool is fairly
inexperienced with residential installations (i.e., the installers are much
more familiar with large commercial systems).

Please, let's help me. I search for instruction for H&S manuals for Omron
SP10/20 mini Plc. I do not find on Omron site. Representative it does not
answer. Really were ashamed they?

I have a speaker question.
We pre-wired our home 3 years ago with RG-6 and Cat 5e.  We have six speaker
zones. There is CAT 5 running from each zone to the main stereo area.  The
idea was to eventually have speaker volume rheostats for each zone.

Is there an X-10 product available that would put exterior garage
lights on a timer (numerical or astronomical)?

I'm building a new house and can't decide which of these units to
purchase. Besides being able to do more in terms of numbers are there
any other major advantages to the pro? I don't really need all the
extra expandability of the pro the main things I like about the pro

I'me rewiring my house from scratch, and I'd like to consider
hard-wire alternatives to X10, to avoid problems with noise, filters,
lost commands, X10 commands from neighbors, etc. Since I'm pulling all
new wire, I figure that it won't be too much of a pain to pull

Charmed Quark Software (www.charmedquark.com) is pleased to announce the
release of version 1.1 of CQC (Charmed Quark Controller), their Windows
XP/2K based control and automation system. The 1.1 version is now available
for download and purchase. You can download it and try it for ...