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any X-10 interface code / libraries?

 [1/6] from: degroot::acm::org at: 24-Oct-2001 6:05


Do any of you know of any interface/driver code or Rebol-compatible libraries that provide X-10 control capabilities, e.g., for home automation control components? Doug DeGroot

 [2/6] from: aroberts:swri at: 24-Oct-2001 8:48


I would be very interested in this as well! Regards, Aaron R>

 [3/6] from: greggirwin:mindspring at: 24-Oct-2001 11:04


Hi Doug, << Do any of you know of any interface/driver code or Rebol-compatible libraries that provide X-10 control capabilities, e.g., for home automation control components? >> I haven't seen any myself but if you post some links with protocol info, you never know if someone might get the itch to try it. --Gregg

 [4/6] from: reichart:prolific at: 24-Oct-2001 17:44


My house uses about 50% X-10 (the other 50% is custom lighting). By most X-10 standard it might be considered a lot. Meaning I use about 200+ addresses. Some are grouped with lighting controls, some are on/off. Some are timer, some are motion detection. I also have a whole house security feature (prevents people outside the house from changing codes), and phase cross-over circuits, which allows two arms of the electrical lines to talk to each other. There is a special box made by Home Automation Systems that hooks up to a PC, and runs with out it, that does scripts. One communicates with such as device through the serial port. Which is why I wanted simple serial control in Rebol early on. This was provided by Goodnow. I ran a simple test, and it worked. But someone needs to write a dialect for this, and have some fun. Once Rebol is in control of your home, one could then tunnel in, and get readings (temperature, electricity being used, images fro cameras), and set things as well. Rebol-the language behind the hardware. P.S. For those that know me, I'm not dead, just working too hard. We just went gold master on a product that has been consuming all my time. Now I begin living again. Reichart... [Reichart--Prolific--com] Be useful.

 [5/6] from: jeff:rebol at: 24-Oct-2001 19:51


Howdy, Doug:
> Do any of you know of any interface/driver code or Rebol-compatible > libraries that provide X-10 control capabilities, e.g., for home > automation control components?
For my home X-10 uses, I took the lazy route: I use a linux console app called 'br' which I CALL from my scripts with REBOL/Command (call "br a5 on"). The 'br' source code is pretty simple and could be turned into a shared library, if need be, or serve as a model for doing it in REBOL via the serial:// port port. Then it'd be neat if someone made an x-10 protocol handler: close insert open X-10://a5 off -jeff

 [6/6] from: martin:middleton:speechworks at: 25-Oct-2001 8:14


At 01:04 PM 10/24/2001, you wrote:
>Hi Doug, > ><< Do any of you know of any interface/driver code or Rebol-compatible >libraries that provide X-10 control capabilities, e.g., for home >automation control components? >> > >I haven't seen any myself but if you post some links with protocol info, you >never know if someone might get the itch to try it.
Here's some stuff I found for those who are interested: http://www.homeautomationproducts.com/html/x10.html http://www.hometoys.com/htinews/feb99/articles/kingery/kingery13.htm#Digital X-10 http://www.geekthing.com/~robf/x10/xtc797.txt http://www.generation5.org/activehome.shtml
>--Gregg > >-- >To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to >[rebol-request--rebol--com] with "unsubscribe" in the >subject, without the quotes.
- martin