Roger,
I know they work for other people, but they do not work for me and
the X-10 support did not help me figure out more than I had a
problem. How about giving the other readers of OGD some specific
examples of how you are monitoring and controlling things using your
X-10 setup. If anyone else has any examples of how they are using
X-10 to control things in their greenhouse, chime in.
Tom Hillson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mar 30, 2007, at 7:30 AM, Roger, in Bangkok wrote:
Hi Thomas--
X10 is an ancient protocol, even predating the internet!!
By far the best way to monitor and control things is through is a
simple LAN system. Your existing sensors are perfectly usable and
you have the benefit of internet interface and control if you want
it ... eg a temperature sensor (or whatever) is out of the range
you preset, so the system sends you an email, maybe turns on a
video server camera, or automatically starts a ventilator ...
basically whatever you tell it to do.
This is the way industrial control systems are put together ...
never with X10 :-)
This link oi-cellennium-thailand.telemetryview.com/thcell4 is to a
page that provides monitoring of a solar power system that I'm
currently in the commissioning process for. A much more basic
example.
Regards/Roger, in Bangkok
regards/Roger, in Bangkok
On 3/30/07, Thomas Hillson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Stuart,
The last area of greenhouse automation I am going to cover with
this discussion in one where I have no positive comments. When I
started working with this stuff I thought it would be a great way
to control various misting and watering systems in my greenhouse.
I hate to say this, but under my conditions X-10 hardware is junk.
I have some interference in my home electrical system that
interfere with the communication between X-10 hardware, so it can
not communicate with each other. If you are not familiar with it
X-10 hardware uses your home electrical wiring to communicate to
turn devices on and off. Unfortunately, X-10's support is pretty
worthless. They told me my problem was interference in my
electrical wiring, they were not willing to offer any help in
figuring out what was causing the interference or how I could
figure out how to eliminate it or filter it out. I could not
figure out what was causing the problem, so I sold the X-10 stuff I
had.
They have lots of stuff for home security and monitoring, it you
are interested, get their basic test kit with the controller you
hook into your PC and the controller you can use to turn on and off
a device. http://www.x10.com/automation/ck18a_s_ps32.html is the
web address where you can buy the basic starter kit for home
control from your PC. I cannot say anything good about the company,
but I have friends that love them.
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