X10 wireless cams on a different receiver??

[ntuberville]

Is there a receiver other then what x10 provides that would work with the wireless X10 camera?? Maybe a DVR or Portable Monitor??

[dave w]

Is there a receiver other then what x10 provides that would work with the wireless X10 camera?? Maybe a DVR or Portable Monitor??

The simple answer is: No.

X10 uses 2.4GHz as RF carrier frequency with analog modulation. You *might* find another brand of wireless CCTV camera, such as Swann where their wireless receiver could be re-tuned to pick the X10 camera, but is doubtful.

Corrected - Hawk has a compatible receiver

[hawk1]

I'm  using a different receiver right now.  Works fine.  It's a camera and receiver I got from Wally World.   I've been using this receiver for my x10 cams for quite a while now.  I think if you look at the frequencies that the receiver uses vs the x10 cameras you should be able to find one that works like I did.

[Brian H]

The four frequencies used by the X10 cameras are listed on this wiki page.
http://kbase.x10.com/wiki/Finding_the_Channel_Switch_on_Wireless_Cameras

It maybe possible. That others use one or more that match what X10 is using.

[troll334]

Believe it or not, I'm actually getting pretty good results from X10's Receiver from their Video Sender/Receiver pair.
It has the same freq's as the X10 cams and supports audio.
I pipe it's output (audio and video) into a Hauppauge 950 USB TV-to-PC converter. Video res is better than X10's
standard setup. The caveats are:
1) You cannot control the 950's video from within AHP (no stop, start, still capture...)
2) It's a bit pricey at about $100
After-post:
3) It does create fairly large video files; about a gig an hour in raw format. Once the recording has stopped,
the application (WinTV), at your request, converts is to a slightly smaller MPG file which can be viewed in Media Player.
4) No ability to take auto-snapshots, you have to either press the <Spacebar> manually or use one of those keyboard
recording apps (search this forum) to fire off a snapshot for you (via something like a batch file called from AHP).
I think Tuicemen or Dave_X10 posted the name of that app.