Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / February 2004

Does anyone know where I can download a copy of these two X10 utilities?
They want $20 a piece at x-10. Knowing the quality of X10 products, I would
not give them 20 cents.

I visited X10.com to opt out of their mailing list and found this posted
just above the "remove" button:
"Please Note - If you choose to opt-out of future email, X10 is obligated to
circulate your email address to other list owners with whom X10 places

Many of the recommendations I've seen here involve taking a source,
modulating the output and sending it over RG6 to all of the
televisions, which then "tune-in" the appropriate channel used by the
modulator.

I'm about to replace my old UPS with a new one, about 500 VA.
Which manufacturers/models have folks found to be noisy insofar as
X10 signals are concerned?  Which have been found to be clean?
Regards,

Is it possible for the power832 to be armed by an output from an
automation system.
I would like for a "goodnight macro" to, amongst other things, arm the
security system.

1. dose anyone make a wireless router with a bulit in gigabit switch
2.dose anyone make a wiressless router that works with a home
automation pannel
3. which is the best wireless router (i'm looking for an A+G one

Is it possible with to trigger a "standard" door chime AND the intercom
door chime via a IS-67 (Door Speaker with Lighted Door Chime Button)?
Thanks.

I've been playing with heyu and xtend on a linus (RH 9) box.  I would like
to move to heyu2, but it's not clear if they work together.
Heyu required a patched version of xtend 1.2beta4 which I got from the
heyu web page, the heyu2 page says that it requires newer than 1.2beta4 of

Has anyone interfaced an ADT wireless security system to a X-10.
If not, any ideas?
TIA
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When I'm home, I don't feel like carrying the cellphone with me. Is there
any cellphone that can be plugged into a docking station at home, and then
allow me to answer the cellphone calls from fixed phones I can buy and place
in different rooms, or at least be able to hear the phone ...

I have the Leviton 6308 outdoor photocell controlling my landscape
transformer which is located inside my garage. I am using a new Radio
Shack appliance module at the transformer. I am concerned about the
"current leak" that the module produces for local control. Am I

installed a 4way channelplus splitter/combiner in my CATV...I can only get a
clear picture on a port next to where the CATV is connected on the
splitter...all the other ports have interferance...I tried 2 new
splitters...any ideas?

About 15 years ago I installed X-10 switches through out my home only to
remove them all within 2 or 3 years. They all developed problems turning on
the lights randomly. Has X-10 gotten any better sense then?

What is the best cable to pull for a 25 feet run used for 12v Trigger?
What the best method of termination?

I have an old IBM Home Director remote Model HD23A. I have lost the codes to
set it up with video devices. Can anyone help? I really need the code for
Samsung tv although the entire documentation would be nice.
Thanks