TristateUser
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Where can I find a copy of the "official" specification of X10 standard, both physical layer and network protocols? Internet search gave me, among several non-technical/layperson blurbs about X10 history and whatnot, the following technical blurb: http://www.authinx.com/manuals/activehome/xtdcode.pdf
Even though it has a very nice and easy to understand description about the basic power-line carrier encoding stuff used by X10, it lacks the specificity and clarity of a spec document, not to mention that it has no author/organization or anything that says it is *the* official specs. It lacks any kind of version number/date that says it is the most recent version as well.
A few related newbie questions:
1. Who 'owns' (if that is the right word) and maintains the X10 specs?
2. Where should one go to get approval (if there's such a thing in the X10 world) if they want to develop hardware and software that is fully compatible with X10 specs?
3. What are the roles played by an X10 controller (such as OmniLT) and X10 device (the more accurate term should be client)?
Thank you for your time!
Even though it has a very nice and easy to understand description about the basic power-line carrier encoding stuff used by X10, it lacks the specificity and clarity of a spec document, not to mention that it has no author/organization or anything that says it is *the* official specs. It lacks any kind of version number/date that says it is the most recent version as well.
A few related newbie questions:
1. Who 'owns' (if that is the right word) and maintains the X10 specs?
2. Where should one go to get approval (if there's such a thing in the X10 world) if they want to develop hardware and software that is fully compatible with X10 specs?
3. What are the roles played by an X10 controller (such as OmniLT) and X10 device (the more accurate term should be client)?
Thank you for your time!