Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / May 2005

I have an Omnipro 2 with a OnQ 4 branch ALC board.  I installed it just
like the instructions said.  I dont know how to control it using the
dealer software for Windows ver 2.4a.  The status light on the alc
board is blinking.  How do you tell the Omnipro the the expansion alc

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There have been some questions about these devices - I just installed
one.  We have been worried about water damage in the house we just
moved into.
I considered both the "floodstopper" (http://www.a-leak-detector.com/)

I'd like to automate certain simple tasks at home (for example turning
on lights) using voice commands.
I already have a few X10 devices communicating with a linux box.
I'd be very please to hear about your opinion on the subject. Success

I'd like to measure X10 signal strength to diagonse some intermitent
problems.
I found reference to the "fact" that there's a pin on the decoder chip
inside the controlled modules that has either the filtered signal or

I bought an x10 system quite some time ago with the pc transmitter, 3
cameras, remote, and have it hooked up using gotcha software. It works ok
but the  XCam2 color camera quality isn't very good. So I was thinking of
trying the night watch low light X10 B&W camera to see if that ...

I'm trying to get my X10 cameras (wireless video receiver VR36A and
VA11A) to work with my RedHat Fedora Core 2 (kernel 2.6.5-1.358) box.
According to the documentation, I should use spca5xx driver. I've
installed and loaded the required drivers but when I plugged in my

I initially started looking for a weather clock and bought a  Weather
station station from dbiweatherstions.com
They seem to have good deals and were very easy to work with.

Anybody had any experience?

I want to simulate sunrise in my bedroom. I want to use a ceiling
mounted incandescent fixture to do it. This fixture is controlled by an
ordinary wall-mounted switch.
I think I need a programmable dimmer that can be installed on the wall.

http://www.smarthome.com/manuals/2386W2_web.pdf
give details about a:
2384W2 SWITCHLINC RX PLC 2 Wire Dimmer (White)
which they claim:

Hey, just wanted to post some snaps to show off new stuff coming up in our
CQC 1.4 release. This release is important because it plugs the last two
really substantial holes in our feature set, e.g. media control and support
for small hand held devices.

Looking for a FAQ on the correct way to punch Cat 5 phone wires to a 66
Block.  Don't see how to bring the signal down the block.
Thanks

I have continued to kick around possible designs for a CM15A daughterboard
to replace the MCU that X-10 is using.
I think I finally have a workable design and am about to order a handful of
prototype boards for testing. It will be a month or more before I have the

Hello. Last year I was looking at the RAIN8-PC sprinkler controller at
wgldesigns.com. Now that my current sprinkler controller is dead I had
planned on ordering one. However, when I go to wgldesigns.com the site
doesn't appear to be there. Does anyone know if the company is still