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The "Other Automation Systems" topic is a good place for those discussions.

Agree, though my system is x10, insteon, z wave and LoRa.

I think another forum may be better suited to this idea.

Thanks for your input.

I'd say that everybody here has X10 components in their system but I don't know if they have primarily X10 anymore.  There's nothing wrong with the protocol but there are a lot of obstacles created by modern electronics.  For those willing to work through those issues, the system is very stable.  I have tinkered with other systems (mostly WiFi based) and it's not like those are perfect.  Alexa type devices are pretty popular but I've seen a lot of posts around talking about issues so I guess they aren't perfect either.

Spouses of early adopters are usually early complainers...but, as I think we have all seen,  the benefits of HA, though slow to be realized soon become part of the everyday fabric and habits in a smart house.

My legally blind wife certainly appreciates the Alexa integration. Yesterday I got chewed out because it wasn't working after I was fiddling with it. Got it back up and she's happy.

Thanks bkenobi... Your response is exactly why I am asking. Posting a HA project that does not have, and never considered having an X10 component on an X10 website is a little presumptious, and perhaps a "bridge too far".

I appreciate your input, will ponder my earlier idea.

It depends on what you mean by "purely X10".  If you mean that the system can only have components that operate via X10 PLC/RF, then I would agree because that would be pretty much timers and very basic things triggered by motion sensors.  I personally don't have a need for things like Alexa, but there are a lot of options in-between that may or not meet what you mean.  Like, I use a RPi connected to my CM15A to run the events/timers/triggers/etc because I find Active Home lacking.  I do have a couple non-X10 devices (primarily a hardwired motion sensor) but the core of my system is X10.

To be fair though, many of the things I used to use X10 for have been replaced by lights with motion sensors.  If X10 had updated the PR511 to be compatible with LED (and not look so ugly) I might not have switched.  I'm don't have the biggest system so I'm not the right person to define the rules.   

Same here. Whenever I'd automate something new my wife would roll her eyes and then come to rely on it & complain when it doesn't work.  Over the last 40 years she's changed to asking if I can automate this or that and loves it - particularly Alexa.

I have been using X10 for as long as it's been around I think. Amazingly enough, I'm still using the original Radio Shack 'Plug-n-Play lamp modules I first got. They are in daily use with my second CM15a to turn my lights on and off every day.

Funny thing, when I met my wife and we first moved in together, I went around plugging in modules and installing switches in our apartment...she was like 'what is all this crap?' but now, she has the controller by her side of the bed and also is the biggest fan of Alexa integration with the Smartenit, which she also had some kind of snarky remark about when I was setting it up.

It's hard not to appreciate never coming home to dark house or having to turn on lights when it gets dark...

Have you had any expressed interest if I might ask?