smith@joshua.math.ucla.edu (08/11/89)
Does anyone make an X-10 controller which is operated by an infrared remote control (similar to those used on TVs and VCRs)? smitty
jones@optilink.UUCP (Marvin Jones) (08/12/89)
In article <1573@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU>, smith@joshua.math.ucla.edu writes: > Does anyone make an X-10 controller which is operated by an infrared > remote control (similar to those used on TVs and VCRs)? > > smitty I am sure I have seen something like this in "Electronic Home" magazine. Check there, if you can find the magazine (it is a young, small publication). I will check my issues at home and repost if I can find anything. Regards, Marvin Jones -- Marvin Jones {pyramid, pixar, tekbspa}!optilink!jones Optilink Corp. ATT-net: 707-795-9444 X 206 1310 C Redwood Way CI$: 71320,3637 Petaluma, CA 94952
psfales@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Peter Fales) (08/13/89)
In article <2086@optilink.UUCP>, jones@optilink.UUCP (Marvin Jones) writes: > I am sure I have seen something like this in "Electronic Home" magazine. > Check there, if you can find the magazine (it is a young, small publication). > I will check my issues at home and repost if I can find anything. While you are at it, could you post subscription information for "Electronic Home?" It sounds like an interesting magazine that would be of general interest to this group. Regarding the original question, X-10 USA (the makers of the BSR line) had announced plans to build an infra-red controller for the OEM market. It was for the OEM market only, because they did not plan to sell the transmitter, only the receiver. There was an article about it in a recent issue of "Circuit Cellar Ink" which included schematics - it is just a small circuit that is added to the some of their existing controllers. The same article included an advertisement for the product, however, I called X-10 and was told that they had run into problems and were no longer planning to market it. One of the things on my long "to do" list is to duplicate the circuit that was published in the article and see how it works. -- Peter Fales AT&T, Room 5B-420 2000 N. Naperville Rd. UUCP: ...att!peter.fales Naperville, IL 60566 Domain: peter.fales@att.com work: (312) 979-8031