On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Byron A Jeff wrote:

> have to wait to be polled to respond. Probably not a big deal with only
> a few nodes. But I'll bet that once the infrastructure is in place, that
> you'll add a whole bunch of nodes.

I think I need about 15 nodes if I put one per room and two for kitchen
and living room.
>
> same room. By having a PIC per socket, you can simple readdress the group
> without having to change the state of the PIC. Also you're going to have

I'm sorry but I don't understand what you mean with this. What is
this "readdressing the group" thing? Perhaps I should know more
about these matters.

> to have a wire at the target socket anyway, so why not put the intelligence
> as close to the socket as you can.

I have considered this, but perhaps it increases the number of
PICs too much. Not sure about this, though.

> 3) Send power through your wire. I believe that CAT5 can support up to 3.3A
> of current. That should certainly be enough.

Ah, first I thought you mean sending power for PIC circuits, but perhaps
you mean sending power for devices (lamps, outlets). Did I understand
this correctly?

> Consider JAL (http://www.xs4all.nl/~wf/wouter/pic/jal) as another alternative.
> Easy to learn, Compilers for Windows and Linux, significant libraries.

Thanks for the link, must have a look.

Regards,
--
Markus Vuori
Finland

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