Does anyone know a source for buying the old-style lamp modules that would actually dim smoothly when using the dimmer controls on the remote and instantly turn on and off with the on and off buttons (in keeping with the meaning of the words on and off.)
The current ones, of course, only dim in stages (sometimes) except when you turn them on or off, in which case they glide slowly all the way on or all the way off with no way to stop the dimming at any point between the two extremes. Seems to me like X10 was hoping to save money on the remotes at some time by eliminating the dim controls and only having an on and off button.
Anyway, the new modules, whatever their merits or lack thereof, are totally incompatible with the old ones (as I expensively found out) since they respond to the remote control commands differently.
To make things even harder for the end user, an X10 specialty since its infancy, tech support informs me that both series of modules have the exact same model number -LM465 - making it almost impossible to scout out surplus old ones in places like eBay. If anyone knows of, or has some, of the original LM465s they'd like to sell, please drop me a line at ekb.creative@gmail.com.
Thank you.
