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I installed an Elk M1 Gold for a friend of mine a couple of years ago, but to date he has used it only as an alarm system and not for any automation. I have a couple of original Smarthome PowerLinc X10 controllers (Model 1132, discontinued) and thought about giving him one of these to use for...

I would like to make my home automation system (Misterhouse) aware when family members and vehicles are home/away. Pets would be nice as well (German Shepherd dog, cat) but optional. I can handle the programming side of things, just looking for advice on hardware. I tried the "CheaperRFID"...

So I had another Smarthome X10 KeypadLinc (12073WW) fail over the holidays and with the lack of replacement availability and the problems being reported about the X10 company I feel that it is finally time for me to start moving to an alternate technology. I'm a LONG-time (20+ years) user of...

Has anyone come up with a clever method for protecting a solar sensor outside from the elements like moisture (rain,dew,snow) and also ensuring that it doesn't get covered with snow buildup? I thought of some type of plexiglass pyramid with holes in the base for venting and possible draining...

Just got my HB temperature/solar sensor with enclosure this weekend. I'm using OWFS on linux for reading my 1wire devices and an iButtonLink serial LinkHub as my interface (http://ibuttonlink.com/detail.aspx?ID=6). I finally figured out that the only way I get the vis reading (solar value) to...

*** SOLD!!! *** All items have been sold as a complete kit. Thanks everyone for the interest. I have some Insteon equipment that I bought thinking I would convert over from X10, but decided to just stick with X10 which is working reliably enough for us. I have: (1) Table Top Controller (1)...

I'm in thunderstorm alley here in Northeast Kansas. We moved two years ago about 10 miles outside the city and last year during storm season we had a lot of "ghost" activity with our X10 modules. Lightning activity caused lights to turn on in the middle of the night and re-set many of my...

I see from searching that several people are using other versions (like the 3400's) of these as touchscreens but didn't really see anything on the 3500s. Specifically I'm looking at getting a couple of these off eBay from this guy: http://cgi.ebay.com/Fujitsu-Stylistic-3500...1QQcmdZViewItem...