I happened to be on the CAI website a while back and discovered that they now have X-10 support cooked into the 3.1.x PLC firmware. That got me pretty fired up, because I have a project that would be easily solved by the WebControl blasting out X-10, rather than waiting for the time (and lower temperature) to let me run cat5 through the attic. The how-to shows that you can use either a keyfob controller, a Firecracker, or a standalone transmitter so I sent the board off to be re-flashed and I dug my old Firecracker.
My problem is that my Firecracker looks nothing like theirs - the one I have must be an earlier board rev, because it's totally different (and uglier!). The chip seems to be the same PN and rev, but I'm not circuit savvy enough to know if the diode hack will work on the same pinout, so I was hoping that someone here could throw an educated thought my way. Worst case scenario is I try it and it doesn't work, right? If so, would this 310Mhz transmitter from Sparkfun work for me?
The CAI documentation contains this Firecracker:
The Firecracker on my desk:
I'd be in your debt if you could offer some guidance to a software geek!
Thanks for the help!
My problem is that my Firecracker looks nothing like theirs - the one I have must be an earlier board rev, because it's totally different (and uglier!). The chip seems to be the same PN and rev, but I'm not circuit savvy enough to know if the diode hack will work on the same pinout, so I was hoping that someone here could throw an educated thought my way. Worst case scenario is I try it and it doesn't work, right? If so, would this 310Mhz transmitter from Sparkfun work for me?
The CAI documentation contains this Firecracker:
The Firecracker on my desk:
I'd be in your debt if you could offer some guidance to a software geek!
Thanks for the help!