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HomeSeer and Z-Troller
I currently have HomeSeer and an OLD X10 controller and looking to upgrade everything to Z-Wave and a similar controller. I've been looking at Z-Troller but having difficulty figuring out if it works...
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Updating X-10 Home Automation
I have been using X-10 with a CP290 Interface for almost 19 years. It's worked very well for me, for the most part. I use it to control all the lights inside and outside my home. I had problems in the...
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x-10 compatible thermostat
does anybody know of thermostats that are x-10 compatible? I need more control than a setback control gives. I am handicapped & cant reach manual thermostat. I need to be able to set temperature. Jeff
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ITIL-based Automation for IT Firms
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Help configuring Inovonics FA464D
Hi, I am having to problem understand how to configuring any transmitter devices with the FA464D receiver. I have the FA116 programmer, but basically its all greek to me. I have what manuals they...
 
ceiling fan X10 control
does it allow cycling thru different light modes? the fans main light pull switch has 3 light modes, full (4 lights) , half #1 (2 lights), half #2 (2 lights).
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Time-lapse/surveillance software
I have set multiple USB cameras around the house. Many of them came with software to record time-lapse video. Unfortunately they record only specific cameras. What I am looking for is (preferably...
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Homelink to Crestron? (or home link receiver with dry contact closure)
I'd like to hit a button on my car's built-in homelink transmitter and have that tell my (crestron) control system to do something. I don't see anything for "homelink" on Crestron's website--is there...
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Shallow x10 modules...
Ok, for the first time in years, I wanted to add an X10 wall switch. And to be honest, I forgot how "deep" they were. It was in a 3 gang box, and it took me 1/2 an hour to get the wires such that I...
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Automation software
Help with automation software!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I use Genyx automation software on concrete plant which protected with hw Alladin dongle...
 
JVC VN-C30U won't zoom or focus
I have a JVC PTZ webcam and it just stopped focusing or zooming. It still pans and tilts fine. Is there anything I can check if I take it apart or is it pretty much fubared? Thanks, Michael Shaffer
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PC parallel port (LPT) and voltage
I want to use my pc to imput data when a motion detector detects movement. I've read that LPT port can handle 5V. But what about current? I'd like to test with a small transformer. The transformer...
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Lock a steel rod inside a pipe with padlock to prevent car theft.
Lock inside pipe === Place a solid steel rod (2cm) inside pipe posts on an entrance. A normal padlock is used to lock the rod inside the pipe. The lock can't be broken with a bolt-cutter since there...
 
My CR230 X10 repeater died
I can't tell you how old it is, at least a couple years. Anyway I opened it up and there's a big blackened spot around what I presume is a zener diode. So can anyone tell me what normally dies on this...
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X10 Security Console Delay/Arm
The first two DS7000 X10 security consoles I have owned allowed a 60 second delay arming when hitting the arm button at the console. I needed another unit because the battery backup stopped working...