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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'll probably go with the serial-connected version myself... I have a 16-port serial board on my HA server that connects most of my devices. I'm an old hand at disecting data streams and integrating them, either by directly communicating with the devices when possible or (less desirable)...

Cool write-up, well done and good info. I am a totally anti-cloud/anti-service kind of guy, I want my HA systems self-contained and the data as raw as possible and I'll either use existing open-source tools or create my own interfaces to store, access and view the data. Not arguing with...

Great, sounds like I'll be ok then, thanks for the follow-up! The extra complications from the installation are not a concern.

Thanks Penman, to clarify a bit further I'll want to track a total of 4 vehicles, 2 of which are normally kept in the garage and 2 are outside. However, there are times when "normal" doesn't occur, like when my wife or I are traveling and one of my daughters claims our regular spot in the garage...

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"...

Thanks again for all the feedback. I learned a few things, but for the most part everyone re-inforced my own thoughts and it appears UPB is in my future. Now it's just a matter of creating a spreadsheet to match up replacements and assign priorities... One thing kwilcox mentioned above that I...

This is a probably the strongest argument for Insteon in my mind, I just doubt it is enough to overcome my prior experiences with both Smarthome and Insteon...

Ahh, excellent, I hoped that this would be the case! I doubt that this is going to be possible. Does your reasoning have something to do with the repeaters being used or possible collisions causing delays/retransmits, etc.? I haven't investigated how UPB works, is it a...

Thanks for the input so far. I had actually read Work2Play's write-up here previously and agree it is a great source of info. My problem with the KeypadLincs is that they stop communicating via X10... won't send commands and will not respond to commands targeted to them, including...

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...

Guessing those will run a bit more than $20 each, though :)

Reading the description on his web site and coupling that with the PCB photos it's fairly easy to work out what he's doing, and from what I can tell it's almost all software on the PIC16 he's using, including generating the 38Khz pulses for the transmitter LEDs. The large IC is obviously the...

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...

Thanks Eric. OWFS also does some caching, which I haven't tried turning off yet but was a bit suspicious of. You've at least eliminated the sensor itself as being the culprit for me, thanks! Brent

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...

I never did sell this so I'm bumping it back up with some of the other HA stuff I'm selling instead of creating a new post. New price, $225 shipped to the CONUS. I still prefer to sell it all as a set.

I would prefer to sell as a whole set so I'm not covering multiple fees and shipping charges.

*** 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)...

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