I need the functionality of an XM17A or similar X10-addressable DC power adapter (such as XM13A, XM16A, etc.), but need more current capacity. (I would like to control surveillance cameras having IR illuminators, which can draw up to 500mA @ 12vdc).
Those XM addressable DC power adapters have a number of possible applications, so it's a shame that they have been discontinued.
Anyway, does anyone have any idea whether there is any practical way to produce higher currents, with the full X10 control functionality of the XM device, including the mutually-exclusive action within four-unit-code groups? If so, how?
I considered trying to rig up some sort of relay on the output of a conventional high-current DC power adapter, with the relay being controlled by an XM power adapter, but that turned out to be problematic operationally - not to mention being surprisingly expensive, and taking up twice the number of AC receptacles.
I also considered using an Appliance Module controlling a conventional DC power adapter that has the required current output - unfortunately, the "mutual-exclusivity" of units in the four-unit-code "group" is not provided by the Appliance Modules.
So, I even wondered if an Appliance Module could be
modified so that it could be controlled by an XM module (rather than directly by the X10 signal), in order to plug in a higher-capacity DC adapter, while retaining the XM's full X10 control functionality. But, that gets to be quite kludgey - not to mention using twice as many AC outlets!
So, at this point, I'm stumped and fishing for any practical ideas...
Thanks in advance!