[clug] X10 Home Automation + Linux
Chris Henman
henman at pobox.com
Wed Nov 9 20:49:28 GMT 2005
Brian,
I too would be interested to have a look at, dare I say it, the "Bill
Gates House of the South". Perhaps a mini tour for interested
Cluggers... ? Tell me to p#%#$%^ if I am being too invasive.
Regards,
Chris Henman
Brian Morris wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> Not sure how you have gone with your X10 project, I hope it is working
> out well for you.
>
> I decided to go for C-BUS in my new place and it has been quite an
> 'experience'. Suffice to say that it's like 'toys -r-us' for hackers
> like me but even the commercial products tend to have some ghosts in
> the machine.
>
> Nevertheless, my house won NECA 'House of the Year' this year for its
> home automation work. I'd be happy to show you around one day if your
> interested in what I've done.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian Morris
> Manager,
> NetSpeed.
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Smith" <Matt at Coolchilli.com>
> To: <linux at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 11:31 AM
> Subject: [clug] X10 Home Automation + Linux
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with X10 home
>> automation
>> style products, and their interaction with Linux?
>>
>> I'm looking into some retro-fit units from www.eon3.com.au (see links
>> below), and they have a url which points to some free software for it's
>> control (http://heyu.tanj.com/heyu2/index.html). The prices don't
>> seem too
>> bad for the hardware; providing it works as documented, it seems like
>> something that would be fun and should in theory be quite easy to
>> interact
>> with a PC + linux in a realtime situation.
>> If anyone can share their experience with either X10 (or similar) and
>> linux,
>> or any good/bad feedback from eon3 it would be appreciated.
>>
>> The products i'm looking at playing with:
>> Basic starter setup (PC interface, lamp and appliance module, cable,
>> windoze
>> software)
>> http://www.eon3.com/content/products/product-detail.asp?intProductID=1
>> Bayonet light kit (bayonet light fitting, RF transceiver interface,
>> remote
>> control)
>> http://www.eon3.com/content/products/product-detail.asp?intProductID=290
>>
>> Thanks, and appreciate any feedback/experience people have to offer,
>>
>> Matt
>>
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