Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / September 2006

Is anyone out there taking advantage of the new Macs with intel
processors to run home control and monitoring software? If so what are
you running on your little power house?
I am thinking about getting one to run my house.

Jeff,
Is it possible (or recommended) to insert a 3-way adapter into the XTB
so I can plug in a maxi-controller AND a TW523?
John

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What's a good driveway alarm?

I'm trying to control an X10 system through a CM12U (similar to CM11) via
the serial port, using my own software.
I know the software is correctly talking to the serial port (because I tried
it with a modem), but I'm having difficulty communicating with the CM12.

Warning: Peet Brothers weather stations not recommended.
Specifically, their heated anemometer has an average life span of less
than one year. I have gone through three anemoeters; the last one
survived only five months after installation.

My name is Justin Frost, I would like to be respectful and ask this
group before continuing to post any further. I am with an internet
company and would like to ask the members of this group to give
feedback on our site. Not to try and sell anything or post spam and

NFPA 72-2002 11.7.6.7  Installations that include the connection of
single- or multiple-station alarms with other input or output devices,
such as but not limited to relay modules, remote signaling devices,
phone dialers, security panels, heat detectors, and manual pull

Since some of our modules died like the flies we need new ones. Plus a
new controller/transmitter like the CM15A because the transceiver is
turning yellow and the old CM11A has a lousy reset circuit.
Anyhow, are there any other sites that have good prices, other than

Jeff Volp has decided he doesn't want to get involved with the adapter
modules and other modules associated with roZetta. This complicates things
and I will have to try to find another avenue for distribution. I will
probably revert to my original plan to just supply printed circuit ...

We have a weird phenomenon, or maybe it's normal. Older X10 appliance
and dimmer modules begin to become erratic. Mostly they miss the switch
off command more and more. Until some day they plain don't work. It's
not signal strength or anything because I can take a (newer) module ...

Anyone make a residential thermostat that has both the ability to be
controlled via a remote and a PC interface?
I'm replacing ours and figure now's as good a time as any to see what's new
in this area.

I have developed a plug-in with VB to be used to configure devices in a
building in Echelon LonMaker. Everytime when the plug-in is loaded, a
messagebox with title "Status Bar GetStatusLed" will pop up with the
following message:

I was at my cardiologist this AM for some tests. One of the technicians
there (who I met on my last visit when she administered a nuclear stress
test) has a daughter in her early 20s who has been a quadriplegic since an
accident at 16. I volunteered to advise her and her daughter on ...

I've heard about "Alarm Screens", which are window screens with conductive
wire weaved in with the regular wire/plastic; you hook the conductive parts
up to your alarm system. The idea is that if a Bad Guy tries to enter the
premises via a screened-but-open window, tampering with ...