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Large X10 and Insteon Installaion works -- thanks to Jeff Volp
I have a fairly large X10 installation that I just added around 40 or so Insteon switches/dimmers to based on the inputs of a couple of people in this forum a few months ago. I also moved things...
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Fully Illustrated Manual to Generate your Own Electricity for Less Than $200
Have you ever thought about creating your own power at home? Is your energy bill increasing every month? How would you like to generate your own power from home for less than $200? How would you like...
 
What switch is this
X-10 used to have a face module that plugged into a base module that mounted in place of a wall switch. This module had 4 buttons and 4 LED's that would listen on the line and indicate if a module was...
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OT: electronic locks
Can anyone give me some pointers on replacing my external house doors Yale-type locks with an electronic equivalent? Needs to have mechanical over-ride, be insurance-friendly and bonus points for...
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web interface for HA - x10?
Hi All, Thinking of dipping my toe into HA as a geek hobby. However, what I'm particularly interested in is control over the internet via a web browser. I've not yet seen an ethernet->x10 embedded...
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HDMI Question
I know this is not a home audio / video forum, but I like the mix of people who post here, and sooner or later we all have to deal with this stuff, so hear me out for a minute. I'm in the middle of...
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Using cheap audio DACs as light dimmers
Hi all, my electroncis knowhow is a bit dated nowdays... can anyone comment on the feasability of using something like the TDA1543 as a home-brew (DC) light dimmer? My idea was to couple it to a...
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X-10 and DSC Security System
Hi everyone, I have a quote for a DSC PC1832 alarm system. I currently have an X-10 system, mostly home-brew, where I collect events on my PC via an ACT TI-103 powerline interface. One of the options...
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Telephone control of X10
I believe has discontinued their unit for remotely controlling X10 via the telephone. Does anyone know of another such device? My main reason is to reset devices after power surges to get things back...
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Alarm Event Reporting via e-mail
Does anyone know of any other software other than Homeseer that can send an e-mail on any house alarm event (ie: open, close, trouble, etc.)? I'm using a Napco P9600 panel. Thanks in advance for...
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Robert Bass
There's a reason why he hasn't posted responses in this newsgroup (and others in which he participates in) in the last couple of days. It's my understanding that he is (or has) undergone surgery for...
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Remote touchscreen for audio delivery at dance studio?
We are working with a dance studio to make it a bit easier on the instructors. Currently they have their various music burned onto cd's and loaded into a Sony 5 disk changer. As you can imagine, while...
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OT: Cancer
Most here know I have been battling cancer for a couple of years and have been in remission for some time. Well, I've been feeling sick for a while and my GP hasn't been able to help so I revisited my...
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