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Consumer IR - Learning Mode
Dear Experts, I have a PDA with a consumer IR capable beam. Read an article about using 115 baud 7-bit w/ stop bit and no parity and the famous value 0x5B to replicate 3x the frequency modulation of...
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I need an out of the house remote
Hi, A friend has a 4 or probably 8 floodlights on a wall switch inside his house about 3 feet from the front wall. I would like to replace the wall switch with some sort of X10 wall switch, that will...
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13 years ago
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Fail-safe for keyless entry
I've got the typical minivan keyless entry keychain fob but it's got a serious design problem. The buttons depress too easily and often accidentally when the fob is pushed into a pocket or a purse....
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13 years ago
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Smarthome 1132CU and Software
I have a Smarthome 1132CU and the standard software. I would like to do some fancier programming that requires the plus version of their Manager software. I refuse to pay Smarthome $80 for the...
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Central Vac overload
Some of you might remember my question about building a silencing cabinet for a central vac. Well, it worked, but too well. The problem is now that if something gets stuck in the hose, we can no...
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13 years ago
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OT: Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
True fact, Chuck Norris's tears cure cancer, too bad he never cried
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Remote Control of My Home Thermostat
I would like to install a thermostat on my home furnace that con be programmed for various temperatures at various times of the day. This part of my project is easy. But, I also want to be able to...
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14 years ago
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relay to control line voltage device with low voltage switch?
I need to control an appliance (120V 10A) using a controller designed to switch low voltage device. So I need to add a relay in-between. Is there any pre-packaged relay that includes a low voltage...
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Utp cable bundle with 14-2 ??
I've seen on a post or on a web site last year a cable that was disgned for home automation that had in the same cable a utp 4 piar cat 5e cable and a 14-2 cable for power... anyone seen that...
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14 years ago
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Occupancy detector / turn off computer monitor/audio
I could use some suggestions from the group. I want to set up an occupancy sensor (IR? Pressure Mat?) in my home office to control an AC outlet to turn off (after a delay) my monitor, stereo, and lamp...
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magicJack works fine with Panasonic PBX
For those of you that don't watch TV, the magicJack is a USB device that lets you make long distance calls for a flat rate of $20/year. You plug a regular phone into the device. I have run lots of...
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How to make your own home data center
I want to convert a storage room that is external to my house into a home data center. This is a very small room (3foot X 3Foot X 10Foot) and my idea is to have 2 or 3 computers + xbox + dvd players...
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Infrared control gadgets?
I have 4 tuner cards, for a total of 6 channels I can record. BeyondTV runs a "smartskip" program after it records, where it marks the location of commercial breaks. Then, when you see a commercial...
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Domestic BMS ? Automation.
First post on this group by me. I have had much experience of commercial BMS (Trend) and have used salvaged redundant BMS controllers in my house, mainly to control my heating (and it was eventually...
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Webcam capture Software
I'm looking for a linux or windows based program that will grap a picture off a webcam, and store it as something like a jpg. I'd like it to be configurable, in that the interval of capture can be...
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