x-10 RF Help

[68sting]

I'm looking at adding a few ds10A, some activeeyes and a ninja. I know I need an x10 rf receiver and a plug in to make it work with Homeseer. My only serial port is being used by the ztroller so I need a usb solution. If some one has a suggestion on hardware I need I would appreciate it.

Here's what I think I know already.

I will need a cm19a for the ninja because the other two won't work for it. So can I use that and one of the below units together?

The RFXCOM seems to get the best reveiws but I can't find a price or place to buy it in the us.

The W800 is well liked but doesn't have the range of the RFXCOM and it's serial.

 

[mdesmarais]

These guys claim to ship the RFXCOM worldwide. . . you probably already knew that though. ;-)

http://www.rfxcom.com/receivers.htm

I bought a 6 port serial board (figure I'll need the other ports anyways, down the road) and am using a W800. My home is fairly small though!

 

[68sting]

thanks for the repy.

I'm still wondering if I can use the RFXCOM and the CM19A together?

I have been told that the CM19A controls the ninjas and the RFXCOm controls the ds10a and motion detectors. Will they conflict with each other? Do I need both?

 

[mdesmarais]

Dunno enough about the particulars to really help. . .

did see this info on the CM19-

http://www.x10community.com/forums/index.php?topic=8110.0

What kind of conflict are you worried about? I would expect your software to take care of that. . . I use Housebot- in that, I monitor/send from each interface specifically, so I don't have to worry about conflicts.

 

[Skibum]

Should not be an issue.
I use the CM-19a with a W800 (as opposed to a RFXcom) and ACRF. Works great.

 

[huggy59]

Hey guys, are you using the CM19A with Homeseer2? What plugin and how did you get it working? I used to have Case's plugin under HS1.7, but I can't get it working under HS2...