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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Topic started by: mburwen on August 09, 2007, 04:05:32 PM
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There is information on X10 Community about how to use X10 with a gas fireplace that has an always-on pilot ignition system. However, many of the newer fireplace models have a pilotless ignition system such as Heatilator's "Intellifire." Has anyone addressed the issue of using X10 with that?
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mburwen,
Not sure how you want to control this device with X10. The Intellifire controller is a fairly sophisticated device. Page 43 of the following link shows the installation.
http://content.hearthnhome.com/downloads/installManuals/4047-132.pdf
The controller offers (page 47):
- Flame height adjustment
- Fan speed adjustment
- Automatic temperature control (built in thermostat)
The interface to the device is not specified - being a 3 wire interface they must be using a form of serial data (not sure if it's ac or dc).
There is a manual over ride rocker for battery powered operation (when the AC power is off). I suppose you could use a X10 contact switch in this position. When operating on battery power the controller is disabled.
As I said, it depends on what you're trying to accomplish. I don't think I'd feel comfortable allowing an X10 device complete control over a fireplace (at least not without manual lockouts).
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Good Afternoon,
From what I see this may be one of the systems that X10 will only subtract not enhance the operation of your unit. From what I could see from the manual it is a three wire low voltage interface, if so the following might solve your meet your needs.
If you must have a remote mount the wall mount unit is a box (Outside type) painted would probably look nice. You can use bondo to make it look even better; add some rubber feet, appropriate wire and you are all set.
It appears that it could be a single wire serial interface with power and ground supplied for the electronics in the wall unit. This is just a guess.
Good Luck
Gil Shultz