MH working with CM12

[edward chua]

hi,

I'm currently living in a 230V country, so my first choice of INSTEON is out.

Next option I'm considering is X10, with the CM12U interface.

Question is, I'm running MH on a Linux box, and the CM12U comes in a USB flavour. Will that work with MH?

Or should I go with the serial version (trying to avoid that)

The controller I'm referring to is this: http://x10-hk.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=56&products_id=152

Or, should I head over and get a CM15?

Thanks so much for the help.

[Charles Sullivan]

On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 02:36:02 -0700 (PDT)
edward chua <edwardchuajh@...> wrote:

>
> hi,
>
> I'm currently living in a 230V country, so my first choice of INSTEON is
> out.
>
> Next option I'm considering is X10, with the CM12U interface.
>
> Question is, I'm running MH on a Linux box, and the CM12U comes in a USB
> flavour. Will that work with MH?
>
> Or should I go with the serial version (trying to avoid that)
>
> The controller I'm referring to is this:
> http://x10-hk.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=56&products_id=152
> http://x10-hk.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=56&products_id=152 
>
> Or, should I head over and get a CM15?
>
> Thanks so much for the help.

Marmitek used to ship both the serial and USB cable with the CM12U.
I don't know if automation@home continues to do this.

Many users of Heyu software (http://www.heyu.org) under Linux experienced
lockups or other aberrant behavior with the USB cable which disappeared
when they switched to the serial cable along with a regular USB->Serial
adapter.


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[Lieven Hollevoet]

Hi Edward,

if you only need to control devices on/off then another alternative  
could be the plugwise products (www.plugwise.com). That are wall plugs  
that can be controlled wirelessly (ZigBee) through a USB stick.

I currently have a first version of a module for Misterhouse that  
interfaces with the xpl-perl plugwise module. I hope to release it  
this weekend. There are still some quirks that I need to iron out first.

Best regards,
  Lieven.

Op 1-okt-09, om 11:36 heeft edward chua het volgende geschreven:

>
> hi,
>
> I'm currently living in a 230V country, so my first choice of  
> INSTEON is
> out.
>
> Next option I'm considering is X10, with the CM12U interface.
>
> Question is, I'm running MH on a Linux box, and the CM12U comes in a  
> USB
> flavour. Will that work with MH?
>
> Or should I go with the serial version (trying to avoid that)
>
> The controller I'm referring to is this:
> http://x10-hk.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=56&products_id=152
> http://x10-hk.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=56&products_id=152
>
> Or, should I head over and get a CM15?
>
> Thanks so much for the help.
>
>
>
> --
> View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/MH-working-with-CM12-tp25695439p25695439.html
> Sent from the Misterhouse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
>
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[edward chua]

Lieven Hollevoet wrote:

Hi Edward,

if you only need to control devices on/off then another alternative  
could be the plugwise products (www.plugwise.com). That are wall plugs  
that can be controlled wirelessly (ZigBee) through a USB stick.

Hmm thanks for the heads up, just checked the website and realise that the "plug head" is different =(

I'm actually using the 3-pin plugs used in the UK. But it looks just about right for my needs, simple and not too complicated.

[Robin Edwards-2]

edward chua wrote:

>
>
> Lieven Hollevoet wrote:
>> Hi Edward,
>>
>> if you only need to control devices on/off then another alternative  
>> could be the plugwise products (www.plugwise.com). That are wall plugs  
>> that can be controlled wirelessly (ZigBee) through a USB stick.
>>
>>
>
> Hmm thanks for the heads up, just checked the website and realise that the
> "plug head" is different =(
>
> I'm actually using the 3-pin plugs used in the UK. But it looks just about
> right for my needs, simple and not too complicated.
>
>
>

Hi Edward,

I'm based in UK.  I have MH running with CM12U quite happily.  For about 3-4
years it has been on a serial port, however, I'm in process of moving my server
to a PC that does not have a serial port.  So, rather than buying a new CM12U
with a USB connect I actually tried a Serial-USB converter.  I has been running
fine on that for about six weeks now.

robin

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