I'm alive and well, as well When Judah sent this out, I alsothought more about Raspberry Pi's, but perhaps because I had all but forgotten about X10. Although RP's may be cheap, often you'll need extra gadget to make it work and you wind up with a hefty $100 bill. The new cheaper RP may help there a bit, but still....
happy hacking peter On 01/19/2016 10:31 AM, David Zakar wrote: > I just got this post on Tuesday at 10:15AM, which is a full day after you > sent it. But I suppose it's proof of life on the list. > > Is there some reason in particular you're planning on using X10, besides > that it's cheap? It's an old protocol, and not considered very reliable. > It's definitely not secure (and I doubt the adapter-receiver RF link is any > better). I know that a family member controls Insteon off a Raspberry Pi. > I'm not much of an Insteon fan as it is proprietary spec, but it's better > than X10. No idea about Zigbee/Z-Wave/Caseta/Maestro and their Linux > compatibility. > > -DMZ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah Milgram [mailto:milg...@cgpp.com] > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 9:43 AM > To: UM-LINUX@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU > Subject: [UM-LINUX] Home automation w/x10 > > Anybody out there? > > Happy MLK day all. > > Just to get a conversation started: I'm thinking of getting the 4-piece > firecracker home-automation starter kit (ck-18, comes w/computer interface, > transceiver, light module, and control pad) just to fool around with and > learn. Running off of Linux, of course. > > Anyone have any better ideas for home automation? > > Are x10 devices available other than those from x10.com? > > How secure is the RF link between computer adapter and transceiver module? > > > -- > Judah Milgram > milg...@cgpp.com > 301-257-7069
