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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Topic started by: wlexxx on July 03, 2009, 10:21:06 AM

Title: i have a cm15a, can i use older controllers and sensors?
Post by: wlexxx on July 03, 2009, 10:21:06 AM

i have a cm15a, can i use older  sensors and controllers?

like say KF574?

i want the cm15a to directly receive and understand signals from the KF574..?

what about the window/door sensors, and motion detectors that originally came with an X10 security system?

security master remote     SH624    ?

Security Door/Window Sensor     DS10A-SC    ?

Security Wireless Motion Detector     MS10A-SC    

thx!

wle

Title: Re: i have a cm15a, can i use older controllers and sensors?
Post by: Dan Lawrence on July 03, 2009, 08:03:06 PM

The CM15A is designed only for Active Home Pro.  Unless you bought it off E-Bay by itself, it's useless without AHP.

Title: Re: i have a cm15a, can i use older controllers and sensors?
Post by: Brian H on July 03, 2009, 08:09:52 PM

Did you get the plug in modules as part of your CM15A purchase?
OnAlert is the Security Module and I believe is part of most of the package deals now being offered.

Title: Re: i have a cm15a, can i use older controllers and sensors?
Post by: wlexxx on July 04, 2009, 12:31:49 PM

i got the cm15a from a yard sale
downloaded software from some european site
it seems to work ok
not sure if security plugins are included or not
only 'smart macros' and 'onalert' are listed

now i read that the security remotes don;t really have good range with the cm15a anyway

wle

Title: Re: i have a cm15a, can i use older controllers and sensors?
Post by: wlexxx on July 04, 2009, 02:40:55 PM

ok

i do have onalerts

i can see RF events in the history log

so can i write a macro that will trigger off RF commands [instead of just things that happen  on the power line]?

wle.

Title: Re: i have a cm15a, can i use older controllers and sensors?
Post by: Dan Lawrence on July 04, 2009, 08:19:58 PM

The European version of AHP is totally different than the version for US/Canada and it should not accept any domestic plug-ins.   :'(

Title: Re: i have a cm15a, can i use older controllers and sensors?
Post by: wlexxx on July 05, 2009, 02:33:10 PM

well - i see the RF stuff
apparently it works

wle.