Re: New TWO-WAY UK Modules!

["Mark Hetherington" <mark.egroups@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@y..., Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@s...> wrote:
> Now this is interesting, these "A10" modules aren't X10 per
se,
they just use
> the same protocol? I am reading this right?

This is pretty accurate, A10 is Advanced X10 as developed by ACT. In
their words:

"In 1998, ACT began a project to make a completely new line of PCC
products that would be X-10 compatible, but with more features,
better operation and higher reliability.  We called it A10
for "Advanced X-10".  The products feature improvements on these
five
main points:

- "X-10 Compatible" means that they use the same protocol.  They
will work in older X-10 (Leviton, X-10 Pro, ACT PCC) installations.
That does not mean that they will always "look" the same, are the
same size nor fit in the same box.

- "More Features" means that they are more user-configurable. 
The
user can choose which features to use, and which not to use.  They
are no longer limited to the "hard-set" functions in X-10 units.
They also offer true 2-way communications.  You can now ask them
their status and they will answer!

- "Better Operation" means that they operate in higher noise
levels and lower signal levels.  Where other X-10 devices will not
work, these will.

- "Higher Reliability" is easy.  They work!  And they continue to
work.  They can extract signal out of noisy environments and they
transmit more signal power.  And they last.

- "More Addresses" means that many of ACT's A10 products are also
capable of more than 256 addresses.  Called "Extended
Addressing",
these devices allow an installation to have up to 4,096 unique
addresses."


Mark.






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