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| X10
Home Automation Basics |
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X10
is a Home Automation wireless communications language that allows
compatible products to talk to each other using the existing electrical
wiring in the home. Most X10 Home Automation-compatible products are
very affordable and the fact that they talk over existing wires in your
home means that no costly rewiring is necessary. Installation is
simple, a transmitter plugs (or wires) in at one location in the home
and sends its control signal (on, off, dim, bright, etc.) to a receiver
which plugs (or wires) into another location in the home.
 The
perfect gift for any new home. Remodeling your home? Add X10 home
automation to control your entire home from one room.
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X10 Home Automation Products
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X10
Home Automation is Simple
Press a Button on the Transmitter and the Signal is Sent over the
Home's Electrical Wiring to a Receiver |
Using simple dials or buttons you assign
each product with one of up to 256 addresses. If you wish two products
to go on and off together you can set them to the same address or use
scene addresses on many advanced products. All X10 Home
Automation-compatible products can be freely mixed and matched - so use
can use some of these products together with X10, Leviton, Stanley,
IBM, JDS, ACT, X-10 PRO, Homepro, etc
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| 5
Easy Steps to Install Plug-In X10 Home Automation Products |
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X10 Home Automation Icons |
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the X10 section and on the Home Automation-compatible product pages you
will find these handy icons to help you quickly understand what each
product does. |
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These transmitters send a specially coded low-voltage signal that is
super-imposed over the 120 volts on the home's electrical wires. A
transmitter is usually capable of sending up to 256 different addresses
on the AC line. Multiple transmitters can send signals to the same
module.
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Devices with this symbol receive the special signals sent by the
transmitters. Once a matching signal comes in, the device responds and
turns ON or OFF or dims or brightens. Receivers generally have "code
dials" that are adjusted by the user to set the address. Multiple
devices with the same address can co-exist in the same home.
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These devices both send and receive X10 signals. Like regular receivers
and transmitters, they can communicate on all 256 addresses. 2-Way
products are helpful for status reporting and triggering other
receivers to turn on, off or even run a macro event (a multi-step event
run by an intelligent controller).
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These products add the convenience of a radio frequency link (e.g.
signals which travel through the air) to X10 Home Automation products.
Popular products in this class include wireless hand-held remote
controls and wireless motion detectors. A plug-in unit with an antenna
is required to catch the radio signal from the wireless unit and puts
the X10 signal onto the line (just like a garage door opener remote
activates the garage door opener).
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| X10
- Smart Home Advantages |
It is estimated that X10 Home
Automation-compatible products can be found in over 10 million American
homes. This is because it has so many advantages over other types of
radio frequency remote control products and home automated systems:
- Inexpensive
- No new wiring is
required -- perfect for retrofit
- Simple to
install
- 100's of X10
Home Automation-compatible products
- Control up to
256 lights and appliances
- Time proven --
it has been around for over 25 years
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