Re: Five Gadget Show Item on Home Automation

[Ian Oliver <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article , David Balharrie wrote:
> It mainly covered X10 and showed how to install a dimming light
switch,
> appliance module and PIR sensor along with using Harmony on a pc for
> control. It was a rather good item with the amount of time they had.

Agreed. But it further underlined that the 6-8 foot RF range I'm getting
is way less than others seem to enjoy. :-(

Using IR everything is very reliable, so the X10 side is working, it's
just the RF bit that lets it down.

(Assuming we ignored the LOUD click from the appliance modules, the fact
that the IR->X10 gizmo gets blinded by even November sunlight, and that
the light sensor module doesn't seem to want to adjust to turn the lights
on early enough!)

Roll on zwave, assuming they get some decent electronics engineers on the
job!

Ian Oliver
Sunny Leeds, UK
Using Java on Tini for control via Dallas 1-wire