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What is Mouse House?
« on: December 17, 2010, 05:29:18 PM »

From what I've read, it seems mouse house is a 'mac' x10 software. The site explains that a cable (CKllA) i think is required to plug into your mac to make the system work...

However, I already have a cm15a plugged to my electrical plug (near my electrical panel). Is there a wireless hardware solution I can connect to the cm15a that will communicate wirelessly to my mac based software?

Thank-you
BC
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Re: What is Mouse House?
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2010, 05:56:10 PM »

Sure, there is "Wireless USB Hub" adaptors all over the place. Check Best Buy, Ebay, etc.

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Belkin-High-Speed-Wireless-USB-Hub-F5U303-VISTA-/400180110057?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d2c97e2e9

If looking for Mac software, investigate "Xtension" from Sand Hill Engineering. I used it years ago and liked it very much.
http://www.shed.com/about.html
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Re: What is Mouse House?
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2010, 06:45:28 AM »

No, I didn't mean a wireless USB that I couldn't connect my cm15a to...

Besides the cm15a ( that hasn't had a software update nor hardware change in years ). Is there even another unit similar to the cm15a that can be used via wireless? Or networked through a router.

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Re: What is Mouse House?
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2010, 07:15:53 AM »

I have not seen any newer Mac programs for the CM15A but X10 has updated the Windows AHP numerous times recently.
http://www.x10.com/support/rev_ahp.htm
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Re: What is Mouse House?
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2010, 11:20:49 PM »

Well that's one problem I seem to have.....My version is 3.236.

Everytime I go to look for updates, The pop-up says 3.236 is the latest version and I'm using the latest release (mybe not in all those words) but that's the version I have. It won't let me update higher than that.
Now, I got my AHP from a reseller on ebay years ago...and...I've blocked all x10 emails from the x10 server as well because of all the spam they sent me. I even don't use myhouse online or any web based plug-in because of the mass amounts of advertising they sent me.....I simply had to cut x10 off.

Could this be maybe why I can't update in the last three years?

BC
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Re: What is Mouse House?
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2010, 01:10:41 AM »

@BC:
The update function in AHP hasn't worked for ages.

Visit :
http://www.x10.com/support/support_soft1.htm

To get the latest software.
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Re: What is Mouse House?
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2010, 06:59:18 AM »

I agree. My 3.271 never said I had any updates either.
Had to find them on the software site myself.
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Re: What is Mouse House?
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2010, 10:44:55 AM »

from what I gather, mousehouse was a mac software that ran the old serial interface.  X10 sold it (the cm11) with a special mac cable, and pointed you to the mouse house site (www.mousehouse.net/se) for a software download.  It appears that the site is now just a parking space for the hosting company.

I can't find anything about mousehouse and the cm15a, but you know, those mouse's houses are tiny, and I may have overlooked it.
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Re: What is Mouse House?
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2010, 11:06:40 AM »

Google search found a trial Mouse House 2.0.6 for the real OLD CP290 and as you found. Eventually ended up on the parking space for the hosting company.
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Re: What is Mouse House?
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2010, 04:37:38 PM »

From what I've read, it seems mouse house is a 'mac' x10 software. The site explains that a cable (CKllA) i think is required to plug into your mac to make the system work...

However, I already have a cm15a plugged to my electrical plug (near my electrical panel). Is there a wireless hardware solution I can connect to the cm15a that will communicate wirelessly to my mac based software?

Thank-you
BC

From what I read here and the sites, it looks like unless you have access to a Way-Bak Machine, you are out of luck as far as Mouse House and it only seemed to work with serial devices like the CP290 and the CM11A.
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Re: What is Mouse House?
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2010, 04:49:42 PM »

Damn!....I was hoping I could get away from my antique pc machine. I only turn it on to update timers on the cm15a. I was hoping x10 would write the software for a mac based osx.

 Is there a mac version? I don't think so? However, I've seen another controller.....

http://www.smarthome.com/31276/INSTEON-X10-RF-Wireless-Sensor-Receiver-EZX10RF/p.aspx

and the mac software...

http://www.perceptiveautomation.com/indigo/index.html

Not sure who's tried this stuff before but I may try it out if there is no mac solution for the cm15a?

BC
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Re: What is Mouse House?
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2010, 06:00:23 PM »

Thinking Home is the only Mac OS X based program to actually write a schedule on to the CM15A.

https://www.alwaysthinking.com/thinkingHome.html
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Re: What is Mouse House?
« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2010, 06:14:37 PM »

The EZX10RF is not a controller.
It is an all address X10 transceiver. The added feature is it can take an X10 address and map it to an Insteon module linked to it.
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