Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / October 2004

Hey all,
I need to order a few more Smarthome switchlinc things to finish my house.
In the past I have only ordered items on sale, but my electrician needs a
few items to finish for final inspection.

I need to control the eco/comfort mode of a Radiator with an X10 lamp
module, the LM12.
I have connected the switched phase of the LM12 to the pilot-wire of the
radiator.

Read link below
http://tinyurl.com/64ldg
VERY cool stuff!

I'm looking at various packages for electrical (circuit) design for HV, LV
and data/Comms circuit design.
I know nothing about these sort of packages, but someone suggested Smartdraw
or Visio.

I was just informed 3-way switches will be shipped out in a week. Wow what a
relief about time. I will be offering a introductory pricing on these of
$33.95 until Mid of Novemeber. Please be advised shippment will not go out
until the first week in November. Quanities are limited ...

Newby here for the land down under. Have started in the world of x10
with some equipment marketed by EON3, the TV room kit, the Computer
kit, a bayonet light socket, and wireless wall switch.
This question is mainly aimed at other x10ers, as I think the parts

I bought a convection heater made by Bionaire from
Costco Sunday
It has a separate wireless remote that senses the temp
and turns the unit off/on wirelessly

While trying to instal "ahsetup.exe" found at the
following web site http://www.x10.com/support/support_soft1.htm
I encountered this message:
        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Autoexec.NT

Can anyone suggest where to buy one of these - without also having to
buy a camera as part of the bundle? I don't follow auctions. I'm just
looking for a retail seller.

My 1992 vintage Stanley 1/2 HP Lightmaker garage door opener has given
up the ghost, and I understand they are no longer available. I (or my
Stargate's schedule) am very accustomed to the luxury of having an
X-10 signal transmitted to indicate that the door is opening/closing,

http://www.awvsoft.com
http://www.awvsoft.com/download/akeypro.exe
http://www.awvsoft.com/download/akey.exe
AKey Pro is an excellent system HOTKEY tool. By using almost every key

I am an x10 user for about 5 yrs now, and only recently started to use
the dusk feature in active home using the CM11A.  However, every
sequence that is associated with the dusk On is lagging by 10 mins.
If dusk per active home is say: 737pm, the unit turns on at 747pm.  I

I have selected to use the Futuresmart line of structured media
modules for my house but I have a question regarding the panel
connectors.  Is it possible to use a panel insert from Leviton (or any
other keystone insert) in the Futuresmart modules?  I am looking for

I understand that if I make a device which has in it a wireless Zigbee
transceiver (or any active wireless transceiver), that I would need
FCC approval.
However, what if i made a little soapbox-shaped transceiver unit, and

Can anyone recommend a 6 or 8 port audio switch?
I've a friend that's a music teacher and she'd like to use some sort of
device to switch between the output from up to 6 different digital piano
keyboards.  Preferrably one using an IR remote.  I've got a 4 port SIMA