On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Horatio B. Bogbindero wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 09:29:13PM +0800, Brian Baquiran wrote (wyy sez): > > Are any PLUGgers into HA as well? > > > > I'm thinking of setting up my house for centralized automation, > > specifically, controlling appliances and stuff from my PC. While I can > > certainly wire up a couple of optoisolators and relays to the parallel > > port, I'm hoping there's a more professional (commercial) way of doing > > things. Will the X10 modules available in the US work here? > >
X10 modules will not work here, unless your entire house is 110V, as X10 only has 100V modules (since the last time i checked with them). And no, you can't use stop down transformers because the digital signal X10 uses to pass commands throught the electrical circuit wont go through the transformer. Bummer. Anyway it would be nice to have something like that, imagine sending SMS to your Aircon to turn itself on, or pinging your TV to see if it is on or off... _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
