General Home Automation XM10 X10 signal cable length

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XM10 X10 signal cable length Andrew Gabriel 07-03-08
Posted by Andrew Gabriel on July 3, 2008, 8:22 pm
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Has anyone any idea what max signal cable length you would
get away with on the XM10 X10 two way TTL interface is?

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Posted by dlh on July 3, 2008, 10:07 pm
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On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:22:32 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

> Has anyone any idea what max signal cable length you would get away with
> on the XM10 X10 two way TTL interface is?

You're dealing with 5V/1mS data pulses and a 5V/50Hz squarewave for ZC.
My guess is you could go hundreds of feet before you would have problems.

Posted by Dale on July 4, 2008, 11:50 pm
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>On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:22:32 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
>
>> Has anyone any idea what max signal cable length you would get away with
>> on the XM10 X10 two way TTL interface is?
>
>You're dealing with 5V/1mS data pulses and a 5V/50Hz squarewave for ZC.
>My guess is you could go hundreds of feet before you would have problems.

I'm running +/- 125' with no issues.

Dale

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