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X10 Home Automation, Socket Rocket LM15 & CFLs

This seems like a good a place to ask about x10 kit since it is a lot more common in the USA than UK. I bought some X10...
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replacement CM11a firmware available

I have made available on www.danlan.com/homeauto.html source for replacement firmware for the CM11a along with a unix d...
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posted by ddl
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by ddl

Using X-10 AM486 Outdoors?

I am using an AM486 appliance module to control my wife's holiday lights. The outlet into which the lights are plugged...
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posted by whitedavidp
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Monitoring Solar PV installation

We have just had a solar PV system installed - the worst time of the year for the UK I am looking to monitor generated...
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posted by info
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Photo frame recommendations

I am very keen of the idea of a electronic photo frame to let me mother see what is happening within the family. I boug...
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posted by fergus
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by fergus

Stanley Homelink Garage Door Status Indicator instructions

Does anyone have instructions for the Stanley Garage Door Status system that you could share? The system worked well fo...
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posted by 5circles_at_gmail_dot_com
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Nightly noise interference

I have had X10 installed in my house for years. Within the past couple weeks, I started noticing that at night, a lot o...
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posted by unet
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by unet

X10 device to detect open circuit or voltage drop

Which X10 device would be used to detect a low voltage drop, or open circuit ? It seems that the powerflash does the rev...
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posted by codepug
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by codepug

Firecracker and USB-Serial

In trying to get this combination to work on my Mac with heyu, I've discovered that DTR is never going high. With a 'sc...
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posted by isw
18 comments posted 15yrs posted by isw

R.I.P. Robert L. Bass

Sadly, Robert passed away this past Sunday. Rest in peace Robert. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/heraldtribune/obituar...
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posted by usenet_abuse
71 comments posted 15yrs posted by usenet_abuse

Motion Sensor Light for Front Entrance

My dad asked me to replace the light next to his front door with a motion sensing unit. He bought a stock fixture from...
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posted by teamarrows
31 comments posted 15yrs posted by teamarrows

Insteon and other X10 alternatives?

I had an X10 set-up in a condo that I just moved out of. I'm now in a house, and was thinking of doing an Insteon set-u...
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posted by gmaletic
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by gmaletic