Recent content by tbrad

Hi All, Suddenly my w800rf has starting receiving every remote and motion detector house/unit code sent as "D8 off" regardless of what the device is set to. For example, my office light is L5. If I send an L5 from a remote the w800rf reports it as "D8 off". All motion detectors are reported...

"Wiring My Home", by Thomas Bradford (subtitled, "How to Drive Your Wife Insane") My wiring project started out with simply wanting to add a phone jack to my teenage son's bedroom. That's all I wanted to do. When I looked at options it became clear that the...

Also... can you tell me anything about the detection error rate? This morning I was showing 4 lightning strikes over a 1 hour period and there really isn't any lightning producing weather around for 100+ miles. Besides a lighter, what else can trigger a detection? FWIW, I moved it yesterday...

I've got several ds10a sensors left over from a security system installation and there are all sorts of things I'd like to do with them but didn't know how to do it without the security console. None of the projects I have in mind have anything to do with security so I figured it wasn't...

Does anyone know a way to restrict the hours (by time of day) that an x10 motion detector will send on/off commands? I have no idea if this is possible or not.. I've got a particular motion sensor I'd like to have "on" from 1:00AM- 5:AM and not to send on/off signals at any other time. This...

Hi All, I'm reevaluating Homeseer 1.7 (don't really like 2.0 that much..) and have a question about creating events. I've got several devices I turn on and off at certain times of the day. I can't figure out how to turn a device on and off without creating 2 events. For example, I have an...

Thanks! The person I bought it from was able to get me going but it's sure nice to have something to print out. Thanks Thomas

Well... I changed the X10 service from startup to manual, rebooted and the com port was available. Both of my X10 receivers still work so I guess not having that service isn't critical. The only way the service could be on the machine is if x10drivers.exe automatically installs it - I haven't...

Does anyone know anything about the GE Smarthome products? Our local Lowes is marking the stuff down for clearance and I picked up what essentially is a motion detector and appliance module for $12. They can each be set to 4 house codes (A-D) and 8 unit codes (1-8). They don't respond...

All I know for sure is that Homeseer does not recognize the 1132CU when the program starts. I don't think there is anything wrong with my 1132 - Indigo, Smarthome Essentials and a few others I've tried have no problems with it. There's also a blurb in the Smarthome help section that mentions...

Thanks for the tip on the Indigo web interface. I downloaded it last night and am playing with it today. A bit spartan but it does the job. :o Thanks, Thomas

Thank you all for your time and input. Currently I'm using Indigo on my Mac and Homeseer on my XP notebook upstairs. The most appealing suggestion is the Nokia 770 *but* I use Indigo to handle triggers and actions and it doesn't have a web interface. Homeseer is pretty nice but I don't...

Hi Wayne - thanks for the welcome. (Now you've done it... <g>) Don't get me started on X-10 controllers. I simply cannot believe the lack of a good controllers available considering the age of this technolgy. An all house code controller seems almost like a necessity to me... The ability...

Hi Everyone - Great site! I was digging around on remotecentral.com and ran across a reference to cocoontech.com and decided to check it out on a whim... Sure glad I did! Anyway, a few months ago I got the HA bug and it's been "Katy bar the door" ever since. My wife has humored me thusfar...