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The Youtube video DOES use PL513.  I assumed that the device needed for the PowerMax Plus in the video would be the same as what is needed for MY PowerMax Pro.  Do y'all think this is correct?

X-10 powerline gizmos (the thing that puts the signal from the security system box into the electrical system of the house) are impossible to find......PSC04/PL513 = unobtainium 

V O L P ?

Thanks!   Can I have 2 X10 devices at the same address?  So, when I call in, and say 'turn X10 device #3 on', I actually turn on 2 different devices?

OK folks!  Again, I'd like to think everyone for their suggestions.  You folks are amazing!   The X10 installation on this video seems to do the trick:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDErBAdR3XQ   Cheap, easy, ....... and possibly unreliable.  To solve the lack of a confirmation, we will be...

Some of you have been suggesting that I CAN use the PowerMax Pro to do this.  I blew off the suggestions because when I spoke with Visonic a few weeks ago, they told me I couldn't.   But I got my manual out, and there it is!  A power line interface module can be used to control X-10 modules...

Gold status lets us roll over all of our minutes for another year for one $10 payment.  We use so few minutes that our net minutes goes up every year, since the $10 annual charge also includes more minutes than we use.  Monitoring is $8-10/month.   We considered doing this one remote switch...

I'm trying to avoid monthly internet service or land line charges if I can.  The alarm system there only costs us $10/yr because of the gold SIM card.   Doesn't the requirement of a router and/or modem imply that I would need monthly internet service?   Using the existing PowerMax Pro and SIM...

OK.  We thought we would go with a WeMo wall switch, a T-Mobile phone that has hotspot capabilities, and a gold member T-Mobile SIM card.  The phone would stay plugged in at the vacation home.  Low installation cost, free online support, and $10/yr after the first year.   BUT, WeMo online chat...

Thanks, again for all of the suggestions.  I'm still digesting all of them.  I'm a little technically challenged, so some of the more clever solutions may be beyond my ability.   The SIM 'gate opener' device looks interesting.  But the possible fire hazard....   I only need this 4 or 5...

Yes.  We have the gsm module.  We can call in to remotely arm, disarm, and bypass zones.  We want to know if we can operate a switch like the Belkin mentioned above, using our current  PowerMax Pro with existing GSM module.  So, let me digest more of this info.   X-10 is too unreliable to...

Thanks, all.  Digesting suggestions......   Can anyone confirm that I can't generate an output with the PowerMax Pro?   Can anyone confirm that I can't use all of my Visonic sensors with another unit that CAN generate an output?

The Visonic PowerMax Pro security system that we've had here for several years has a SIM card in it.  We're gold members with T-Mobile, which makes it very cost effective to keep minutes loaded.  We can arm and disarm the system remotely.  And yes, we have a monitoring company.   I was hoping...

The security system is a Visonic PowerMax Pro.  My understanding is that outputs are not possible with this.   The action will not be schedule based.  We'll just have someone in the neighborhood text us when it snows.  We only plan to have a way to give folks access to the house in an emergency...

The security system is a Visonic PowerMax Pro.  My understanding is that outputs are not possible with this.   The action will not be schedule based.  We'll just have someone in the neighborhood text us when it snows.  We only plan to have a way to give folks access to the house in an emergency...