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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...
 
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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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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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...
 
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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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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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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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...
 
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...
 
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...
 
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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