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Title: Robo-Dog
Post by: hosscat on March 16, 2008, 01:27:06 AM: I am new to x10 and learning as I go. Are there any other motion detectors compatable with the Robo-Dog besides DM10A?
Title: Re: Robo-Dog
Post by: dave w on March 16, 2008, 06:26:22 PM: Any of the X10 "eye" motion detectors will work to trigger Robo Dog.
Title: Re: Robo-Dog
Post by: Dan Lawrence on March 16, 2008, 09:30:47 PM: Quote from: hosscat on March 16, 2008, 01:27:06 AM
I am new to x10 and learning as I go. Are there any other motion detectors compatable with the Robo-Dog besides DM10A?

I just checked the X10 site for the Robo-Dog and X10 no longer sells it. There's a page for it and driveway sensors with a big red banner that the Robo-Dog is no longer available. :(
Title: Re: Robo-Dog
Post by: Walt2 on March 17, 2008, 08:38:50 PM: Ah, they stopped making them years ago, and a had a warehouse clearance too.
Title: Re: Robo-Dog
Post by: tom j on March 20, 2008, 09:10:58 PM: Quote from: Walt2 on March 17, 2008, 08:38:50 PM
Ah, they stopped making them years ago, and a had a warehouse clearance too.

Yep I managed to get two of them just before they were discontinued real cheap!

Tom j
Title: Re: Robo-Dog
Post by: Walt2 on March 21, 2008, 04:03:39 PM: Quote from: dave w on March 16, 2008, 06:26:22 PM
Any of the X10 "eye" motion detectors will work to trigger Robo Dog.

Very true.

I just thought I would add that the Robo Dog (Rexx-10) is a strange hybrid between being compatible with X10's power line and RF control, and X10's wireless alarm.

Only the DM10a integrates in as an alarm type of sensor. By that I mean, only the DM10a needs to be "trained" (exchange security codes) and only the DM10a can be alarm-wise armed/disarmed.

For power line/RF, the Robo Dog is basically a transceiver, with unit 1 also assigned to trigger/stop a barking sequence. Any of the "eye" motion detectors work as power line/RF control for this.