Carmine, that brings up another point -- why
doesn't X10 offer a really simple/cheap
signal meter? I hacked into a lamp module
and extracted the signal after the tuned
circuit and made my own monitor (for
nothing). Again, this could be a lot
simpler and cheaper than a lamp module and
would be very useful.
Yes, I know X10 is old technology but so am
I and my wife hasn't wanted to replace me
yet... This X10 is a lot of fun to play
with and you can learn a lot from hacking
it. And its cheap cheap cheap!!! Like this
week they're offering motion detectors four
for the price of one!
As for the V572, when you've got lots of
sensitivity, you can always cut it back
(lower the antenna for instance). I never
could get a TM751 to work in the next room,
let alone from a motion detector on my
driveway (not to mention the eternal hang-up
problem). You can also tell it to ignore
only the code you want so extraneous signals
are easily ignored.
By the way, I have found the CM15a to have a
much stronger output signal on the line; it
has actually reduced the problems I had with
the CM11a. Now if they would just get the
bugs out of the macros...
