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💬General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: DaveJ50 on April 01, 2010, 11:02:51 AM
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I was just sure I would find some x10 device that would just plug into an existing outlet that would do nothing more than chirp and turn on a big fat red led when I arm my house alarm but I haven't found one.
My second choice was a plug in x10 module that I could use with a night light but all I looked at had the controlled outlet in the bottom which would make the night light hard to see and maybe even a little dangerous.
I'm just looking for ideas for x10 ways to show alarm status that I could see/hear from outside my garage door.
Thanks
DaveJ
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I'm just looking for ideas for x10 ways to show alarm status that I could see/hear from outside my garage door.
I recently setup a X10 alarm on a garage.... and the X10 floodlight flashes (blinks or lights for about 1 sec) when the alarm is armed. Works out real well for a detached garage with sensors in the gargae and console in the house.
Also... if you wanted to use a nightlight in a standard plug... you can use a socketrocket and some adapters. Or a regular lamp module and an adapter.
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The way I know when my vehicle is armed when I walking around it is a bright blue led blinking under the dash.
A bright red/blue blinker LED would be a nice indicator that you could see from outside the house.
How to do this?
Well we don't want constant blinking (on/off) x10 signals hogging the power line. So we need a small bright led/incandescent bulb that blinks on its own when power is applied...hmmmmmmmmm
(http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/clights-blinker.jpg)
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Those are 2 very good ideas.
Now I have to look into doing one of them.
Thanks
DaveJ
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"I recently setup a X10 alarm on a garage.... and the X10 floodlight flashes (blinks or lights for about 1 sec) when the alarm is armed. Works out real well for a detached garage with sensors in the garage and console in the house."
Dave I need to set up a similar sys in my barn. can you explain your setup. Please!
Thanks.
IPS
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Dave I need to set up a similar sys in my barn. can you explain your setup. Please!
The detached garage [in my setup] was only about 50 feet from the house...within range of the DS10A's. If your barn is further from the house the console will likely need to mounted in the garage. Of course... that would mean power and phone lines would need be in the barn as well. But then you can still add a siren, lamp module, or even a chime in the house.
Directions for setting the code for the flashing/blinking light code are in the alarms direction.. it is nothing special. Whichever House code you select for the alarm... the number one unit.. will flash/blink.
The Floodlight (PR511) has other cool features that I like as well (its the heart of my outside setup). The floodlight can turn on up to 4 other devices when it senses motion (and 4 more at dusk/dawn). So you can use the floodlight to detect motion around the barn... and then chime a chime... or light a light inside the house, to alert you. I use an X10 floodlight to turn on a light, chime, and CAMERA... which then automaticlly displays on my TV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkAwQ4KXkHA).