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Re: Re: Foundations are in!
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- Subject: Re: Re: Foundations are in!
- From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 13:17:06 +0100
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> First, thanks to all who replied, I guess the overall message is
> clear - plenty of Cat 5!
yay! another convert!
> However, this raises a further question or two:
>
> I have thought that X-10 systems were a way of communicating through
> the mains wiring. If we use this system, why would we need so much
> Cat 5? In other words, shouldn't it be one or the other (to some
> extent - there will obviously be some overlap)?
As others have said, the X10 is just for appliance control, lights and such
like. Cat-5 is just awesomely useful,
> If we run mucho Cat 5 (and Ian talks about 3 nodes each with 4 Cat5
> cables in some rooms) how are the cables terminated in the room? Do
> we have banks of sockets in ranks across the walls?
The options are either the UK stuff, like the clipsal range mark mentioned,
or the US bits from http://www.letsautomate.com either
way, its not as
horrid as you think. My 4xCat-5 +SCART comes down to an outlet about the
size of a double socket, but it's vertically mounted.
here's a small picture of our dining room point 1 :)
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