Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / July 2009

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Is there a free access, or is everything nickel and dimed out now?
  Paul K  

Here's one that really has me scratching my head.
Recently I lost the ability to control two incandescent lamps
connected to an LM465 lamp module.  I replaced the module but the
problem remained.  I tested both modules at my bench and found that

I've got some X10 appliance modules.
Also have a ceiling light in the rec room that occasionally gets
left on all night just out of carelessness.
I'd like to put an X10 module in somewhere and have an mControl

I am looking to take an idea I have had for several years and work on
bringing it to the market.
I am looking for someone who can develop a small hardware/firmware device.
You will need knowlegde of devloping ethernet firmware application,

I was describing some of my X-10 setup (installed many years ago, when
X10.com was heavily promoting the stuff, and you could get tons of it
REALLY cheap) to a contractor friend.  He seemed very interested in
knowing about it for other customers.  I warned him that he probably

Greetings all,
My friend and I are working on setting up some sweet home automation
systems but have found that trying to get all the pieces to play well
is incredibly difficult.  We are trudging through but have made sure