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> On Mar 17, 2008, at 8:24 AM, alan smith wrote:
>
> Thanks for that.  I know it slow, but its cheaper than doing some  
> sort of RF link when he has 110VAC outlets all over the place, and  
> really its mainly to turn on fog machines so nothing that is going  
> to be an issue if it takes a few more seconds.
>
>   For relays...yes I can add a relay to an appliance module, just  
> more hoping that there was a single relay module out there, rather  
> than 4 or 8.  Not a big deal...I have some small boxes with AC  
> prongs that I suppose they were just waiting for this project to  
> come around.
>
>   I'll look this over and see if its going to work.  I do have till  
> Sept to get this done, so figure if I start now....I might just  
> make it in time  :-)
>
> Neil Cherry <ncherry@comcast.net> wrote:
>   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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