krstan@ihlpa.UUCP (Stanley) (11/02/86)
References: I purchased the X-10 Powerhouse controller from DAK for $20.00 and agree with previous posters that it is a steal. The only problem I have run into is that the utility program "X10UTILITY" on the back of the Apple software disk is missing the code above hex 6400. I would like to find out if this is just my copy or if all the disks went out this way. If it is just my copy I will return it to DAK for a new copy, but if all the disks are bad, I will just regenerate the code myself. Thanks in advance. Keith R. Stanley Room 4H-328 AT&T Bell Laboratories Naperville, Illinois 60566 (312)-979-3416 decvax!ihnp4!ihlpa!krstan
ag0@k.cc.purdue.edu (Colin Jenkins) (11/03/86)
In article <2201@ihlpa.UUCP>, krstan@ihlpa.UUCP (Stanley) writes: > References: > > I purchased the X-10 Powerhouse controller from DAK for > $20.00 and agree with previous posters that it is a > steal. > > > Keith R. Stanley > Room 4H-328 > AT&T Bell Laboratories > Naperville, Illinois 60566 I am very much interested in X-10 and related products. Does this controller allow direct control of X-10 modules, or is it an interface to a stand-alone X-10 Computer that controls the X-10 modules? Is $20.00 plus X-10 modules all that is required to get household control of appliances??? thanks, Colin
jl@well.UUCP (John Leininger) (11/06/86)
it can handle 8 modules. Turn them on and off, no dim or manual programming. I have the software for the mac and apple //. I find the mac software very poor and difficult to use. You are prone to move the settings for one modual to another not knowing it. Also settings are difficult to display. It is not convient to display the settings in an understandable textual format - day - time on - time off - etc, the graphics they use get in the way and make prgramming the controller and making changes very time consuming and prone to errors.