I know i’ve been out for a while, but im not dead! Ive moved all my home system over to the PLM system. For a couple of reasons. First the PLC SDM software is no longer supported. And many times that my program has stopped has been a cause of this. Its still a great [...]
Posts Tagged ‘X10’
Whats up?
Posted: April 25, 2010 in GeneralTags: HOLIDAY LIGHTS, Insteon, LED, PLM, SDM, vb 2005, X10
Getting / Setting Insteon information from the Venstar T1700 thermostat
Posted: March 1, 2009 in General, Hardware setup, Software SetupTags: cool on, fan off, Fan on, getting T1700 Insteon Data, heat on, Home Automation, Insteon, Insteon T1700, Insteon Thermostat, PLC, SDM, sdmserver, vb2008, X10
We’ll after receiving back some of my hard earned money thru 2008. I shelved out the $159 for the Insteon T1700 thermostat. It can be found here. The device is quite small, which is fine and thinner that my orginary Honeywell one which was a real plus. To install was also very simple. And technical [...]
New SmartHome IO Linc announced
Posted: November 30, 2008 in GeneralTags: Home Automation, Insteon, IO LINC, SimpleHomeNet, X10
Good news, Smarthome and recent and finally put out the I/O Linc! (Or at least set for 12/22/8) SmartHome Link In simple terms this will be able to replace my current X10 solutions for the Garage which consist of the X10 Flash and X10 Universal controllers. For what i’ve read you can ‘query’ the device [...]
Installing a Insteon Inline Linc Relay with a ceiling Fan and lamp
Posted: September 3, 2008 in Hardware setupTags: ceiling fan, Home Automation, how to install, installing lamp and fan, Insteon, insteon inline linc, which wires are what on a fan, X10
Disclaimer, I’m not an electrician, and mainly just showing what I did, if you chose to do this you do this at your own risk, if you feel uncomfortable please have a professional install this! Ok, here is my scenario and hopefully this can help you as well. I have a ceiling fan with a [...]
Another way of polling Insteon Devices via VB
Posted: August 24, 2008 in Software SetupTags: GetOnLevelText, Insteon, polling devices, receiveinsteonraw, sdm command, setonleveltext, Sm.IsResponding(), using vb 2005, vb 2008, X10
Insteon’s SDM COM object is great for having a preset commands at your disposal but ive ran into issues where I dont want the program to wait for the ACK. (In this case it will pause for the response), this can be a problem in very large environment, especially if your poll all devices at [...]
The “Configuration” database
Posted: August 23, 2008 in Software SetupTags: configuration database, Home Automation, Insteon, reading insteon configuration, sql 2005, vb, vb 2005, vb 2008, X10
As previously mentioned my main program depends 100% off a SQL database, below is a dump of my “Configuration” database, that holds all the system settings. Many are loaded into memory the first time, or when I run PollDevices query this way the information is updated when needed. I know its a lot of information [...]
How I Interacting Flash with my SQL / Insteon System
Posted: August 17, 2008 in Flash, Non Insteon ProgrammingTags: .net, 2.0, actionscript, checking status via code, Flash, Insteon, load, loadvariables, passing variables in flash, server, sql database, vb2008, X10
One of the questions ive been asked is how to I put my flash script to grab data from the SQL database and provide updates if the device is on or off etc. Well the awnser is, I dont. Like mentioned before to have your flash talk directly to a sql database you will need [...]
Best Night Light and Emergency FlashLight
Posted: August 16, 2008 in GeneralTags: flash light, flashlight, Insteon, night light, nightlight, X10
Here’s a little thing we recently got, its a night light / flashlight. Best part Flash light lights up when the power goes out also a big plus is the device uses LED’s. Since its LED technology, the little sucker will run upto 8 hours ON, and up to 28 hours on Standby. And even [...]