If I remember in October when this thing is up and running! Cedric Chang wrote: yoootoobe a video and send us the link cc > 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 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. > > -- > Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com > http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site > http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog > Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist