Is activehome CM15A range the most popular brand/approach for developers?

[callagga]

Hi - just a newbie question - I'm interested in applying my programming skills to the home via X10

Is ActiveHome SDK with a unit like CM15A (with SDK) the main/most popular choice in this area?  (I'm stubbled across this first)  Just wanting to get a feel for this niche and which are the main players before jumping in.  Any advice?

(Oh - By the way I'm in Australia so I'll need a 240V based solution somehow too - not sure this changes the recommendations?)

[pconroy]

Support for programming the CM15 without the SDK is slim to none.
Folks are forced to reverse engineer the protocol by sniffing the USB traffic.

I prefer to run Linux so the ActiveHome SDK is worthless to me anyway.

[callagga]

thanks - I was actually meaning to ask about if there are any other hardware devices (not the CM15A) from other manufactures that have a computer interface and supply an SDK that could be used?

[pconroy]

I don't know about devices like the Ocelot -- but I've started reading about the Insteon controllers.
They strike me as the next, best "Plan B" if I still need a controller I can program that works with my X-10 devices.