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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.apps:1087 comp.os.386bsd.misc:2119 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!newshub.nosc.mil!crash!simpact!dsmith From: dsmith@dcs.simpact.com Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: X-10 Software for FreeBSD-1.1-BETA (new version) Message-ID: <1994Mar23.174832.96@dcs.simpact.com> Date: 23 Mar 94 17:48:32 PDT References: <STARK!GENE.94Mar19065422@stark.uucp> <1994Mar20.050734.15776@martha.utcc.utk.edu> <2mgqq8$df@sparc10.entropic.com> <2mi4vp$2bo@mojo.eng.umd.edu> Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.386bsd.misc Organization: Simpact Associates, San Diego CA Lines: 26 In article chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Charles B. Robey) writes: > : X-10 is system for controlling various electrical devices in your home. It > : broadcasts signals to control boxes using your AC wiring system. You plug a > : control box into a wall outlet, then plug your lamp/coffee maker/whatever into > : the control box. Each control box has an adjustable station identifier on it, > : and you can issue commands to the control boxes via a console. Typically these > : just turn on or off appliances, dim lights, etc. There's a computer interface > : for this, so you can have your computer turn lights on and off at certain > : times, etc; this is a Unix interface to the X-10 controller. > Interesting. Could you suggest a source for the hardware part of this? > Not the light dimmers, etc, the interface from my system to the > power line. > -- I bought one at EggHead Software a couple of years ago. I assume that they still have them. They work great. I even hooked mine up to water my flower bed and orange tree with a drip irrigation system. I have also seen these advertised in Nuts 'n' Volts by mail order vendors. If you have any trouble locating a vendor, send me some e-mail and I will dig up a mail order vendor for you. Dave Smith