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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. Contractors welcomed. You can also choose to use our printable order form for your convenience.
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| Example 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 |
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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-store.com X10
Home Automation Icons |
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In 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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