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)


You'll need this:

ftp://ftp.x10.com/pub/manuals/technicalnote.pdf

There are quite a few limitations on X10. One being that it's
takes about 1 second for each command to be issued. It's a slow
and unreliable protocol so be careful.

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