Thread: [OS2008] Irreco - Ir Remote Controller
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2008-08-08 , 14:12
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Originally Posted by eXeonical View Post
Can you tell us what kind of X10 system you have set up? It would be usefull to know what kind of X10 systems people have in use.

One problem with X10 is that even though X10 is standarded, the PC control interfaces are not, so there are several PC controller adapters used to control X10. So figuring out how Irreco should communicate to X10 is not that simple.

Also the applications that work in linux and can be used to control X10 do not have network API:s, so we would need to build some kind of Irreco X10 Server which would be used to order to those
command line controll apps around.

Do you know of any X10 controll applications that have some kind of network cabability, so you can remote control them?
All that you say is true. I've been rolling my own X10 stuff for years, and from what I've just researched in the last 24 hours, it looks like it will be more of the same here. My needs dictate that I have to make the switch from serial (cm11a) to USB (cm15a). Also, it's my experience that most of the good high-level OSS X10 software has been written in Java. So, I also have to switch from Java to C.

My cm15a and ss13a just arrived yesterday. Regardless of all the cm15a's bad press, I have had the proof-of-concept results that I need using this driver. Build it with the following command:
Code:
make cm15a
or you may be sorry. I know I was.

These probably aren't the answers you're looking for, but it just so happens this crazy project is using a similar hardware suite to mine. Maybe you should check it out. Anyway, the only thing to fear is fear itself. I'm confident that with what I've seen so far, all combinations of X10 stuff can be handled. And the driver I mentioned above supports multiple controllers.

Other X10 hardware that I use:

RR501 Transceiver
Powerhouse 6-in-1 IR/RF Remote
PMS02 Occupancy Sensors
1132B TempLinc/PowerLinc combo