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Just to follow up: I used the excellent advice in the replies here and did get the transmitter working. I definitely see what you mean about the range not being so good though, I have a W800RF32A wireless receiver that actually has a really good range but even with it I don't seem to be able to...

My 2001 BMW has a "universal transmitter" that has 3 buttons programmable to replace hand-held tranmitters. Can this be used to send X10 signals? I have all my driveway lights and lots of my house lights running off X10 switches. I can turn the driveway lights on from my car using a KR22A set...

THANK YOU!!!!!! Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner but I was out of town until this afternoon and unable to try your suggestion. As soon as I got back home I turned off the retransmit feature in the ACRF plug-in and my problem was solved. I'd been trying to figure this out for a couple...

I'm just started using HomeSeer 2.1 and also just added some X10 light switches (WS467) to my house. I'm using a 2414 PowerLinc V2 USB as an interface between the computer and my X10 and Insteon devices. In order to let me use some of the X10 wireless devices (remotes and motion sensors) , I...

Vaughn, That is great! I especially liked the "Woof woof. Just kidding."! I've been taking the advice you gave in your earlier reply to heart. Just received my first shipment of ActiveEye motion sensors, credit card controllers, LM15A lamp modules and RR501 transceiver yesterday. Since our...

IVB, That's pretty much the sort of arrangement I was thinking about. The thing is, though, that we already have a security system provided by one of the high-end local security companies. We had them install it 15 years ago when we bought the house and have been pretty happy with their...

Mike, 1) I thought about using something that doesn't require a neutral but it seems like people mostly aren't too happy with those technologies. Using something like X10 for lighting control in a house with 30 year old wiring that is probably pretty noisy seems like it would just be...

Guy, Thanks for the tip! For about half my house I should be able to do the same as what you describe. The wing of the house that has the bedrooms in it all has an unfinished attic overhead so I should be able to get down to the switches with neutral wires pretty easily. The other wing of the...

Chuck, Most of my wall switches are indeed three-way switches. As I said in my original message, all the wires in the jboxes are either black or white. Some of the white wires appear to be travelers. I've only found one jbox that has what appears to be an actual neutral wire in that it seems to...

I've been reading HA topics here for about 6 months now and am slowly starting to untangle the bazillion questions I have about how to introduce HA into my house without going bankrupt or getting divorced. One of the things that's kinda frustrating is that I'm trying to do this in a 4000 sq ft...

Now I know I'm confused! In the diagram on page 9 of the Insteon Switchlinc manual, it shows Traveler 1 capped off at both ends so it is essentially just a hunk of wire running through the wall between the two boxes. Then it shows the "correct" way to hook up the Switchlincs with the neutral...

That seems simple enough. I guess I misunderstood the point of the neutral connection. I thought that, in addition to running between the two switches, the neutral needed to run back to the main panel. Thanks! Bill

Wayne, In one of your earlier posts to this thread, you referred to converting a traveller wire in a three way switch to neutral. How do you do that? I have a whole boat-load of three way switches in my 35 year old house. None of them seem to have neutral wires. (Well, one of them appears to...

Thanks Wayne. Got it. Bill

Thanks! Is there a topic somewhere that explains how to set this up? Bill