It's called X10. It's been around for a long time. On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 7:56 PM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2011-03-16 12:53 , Joseph McAllister wrote: >> >> A cry perhaps for a central computer in the home to maintain all settings >> of all appliances, allowing their power to be cut completely when not being >> used. Therefor allowing complete restoration when each is re-activated. >> >> Providing, of course, that the central computer, and the wireless >> circuitry such a system would demand, was actually a net savings of power. >> :-) > > what would make this possible is a communication protocol for all devices, > similar to the protocols being developed for automobile electronics, which > vastly simplify the wiring -- any device can be plugged into the power > supply anywhere in the vehicle, and it responds to messages on the power > line telling it to turn on/off or modulate ... > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >
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