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SteveRF:
We already know how the 1132 works... they have all reported... works like a charm... those of us that stay obviously like the CM15A and I bet the next hardware release will be really sharp and smart. Wonder if a bunch of CM15 folks will ease over to the 1132 forum (of they have one) and talk about the CM15A on their web site ? We will keep watching... In the meantime most of us are having fun.

We're starting work on our next plug-in, which will put control of ActiveHome Pro (including cameras and video, if you have iWitness) on the Internet. We have a number of features in mind, but are looking for more ideas from our users. What kinds of features would you expect or like to see in an Internet plug-in for ActiveHome Pro?

Internet Plug-in: what do you want to see?

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carmine pacifico:

SteveRF

Yes Steve, there is a public forum
http://forums.accessx10.com/, it has Active
HomePro and Smathhome forums, the AHP
section is very busy,mostly complains; the
Smarthome not very active, and some of the
question are about the CM15a(lost souls),
else smarthome has a tech support forum ,
again is filled with simple questions,
nothing strange or upset customers.
This not X10 bashing, but an effort to push
X10 to improve their product.All my
switches and sensor are made by X10 and
working fine, the CM15a is a lemon and
unless is redesigned it is useless. You may
have a clean power supply, actually I
believe you have mostly older appliances,
things like power factor correcting
ballast, and in general any energy
efficient appliances will create noise on
the power line making the clock go faster,
the CM15a clock is identical to the CM11a,
this circuit has worked fine 20 years ago,
but is not longer functional.
My suggestion was simple: instead of adding
additional filter to the clock circuit, is
to add a battery back up external clock, a
tiny button battery would power the clock
for at least 10 years with the power off,
eliminating the need to replace the
battery. The RF transceiver TM751 has a
problem when DIM command is send repeatedly
it lock up and requires unplugging to
reset, by using the Microchip built in
watchdog (adding a simple instruction in
their code) would fix this problem, If I
had the source code it would take me less
than 10 minutes to fix it.
Part 1 of 2

carmine pacifico:
Part 2 of 2

Now if you really want reliable, fast
response full 2 way communication you may
want to look at this site
http://www.simply-automated.com/
( UPB Technology), of course this comes
with a hefty price tag.
Some of the nuisance problems are easy to
fix, programmers (and hardware designers)
without industrial experience may not
realize that sometime a simple change can
make the product 100 times better usually
without increasing cost.

SteveRF:
Carmine...
Good explanations, maybe you should be
talking directly to X10.
Concerning the forums, what I asked was if
the Smarthome folks also offer a direct
website to discusss and disseminate updates
of their products similar to way the X10
folks offer here. I was interested but could
not find a direct site.
regards,
SteveRF

Observer:
Carmine: Be aware NIH is at work! These
people don't want help they want to re-
invent the wheel.

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