Yes, the TW523 is easy to use and you could use an appliance module  
to drive a 120 VAC relay.
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> On Mar 16, 2008, at 9:09 AM, alan smith wrote:
>
> I was approached by a friend to start thinking about a halloween  
> setup for next fall (forward thinking I suppose) and the best way I  
> could find for what he wants, and expanding out his feature sets is  
> to use X10.
>
>   I'm going to use a controller board from a prior project, and was  
> thinking how to send X10 data over a serial link.  X10 makes a  
> TW523 module that appears to be the right choice, but I havent  
> looked into it further other than its on my list.  Has anyone ever  
> used it before...appears to be simple but....
>
>   Also, I would prefer a relay output to control some things but I  
> do not see a X10 that has a relay on it...anyone know of a device  
> out there already being produced?  This is a one-off for him and  
> may want it to be expandable in the future so I don't want to be  
> building since this being done as favor (other than he will pay for  
> the parts, etc)
>
>   TIA
>
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