[Ti] Home automation

[John Griffin]

Dick Grable typed this message on 5/30/04 12:00 AM:

> Have to ask what automation program you are running? xTension is used here
> and it works great under Classic. The only concession was that the serial
> ports did not work. I finally went back to booting into OS9 as I didn't want
> to dedicate an OS 10 machine to the routing task of turning on and off the
> lights.

I looked into XTension, but it doesn't support the X-10 290 Computer
interface unit. I have been using MouseHouse software from long ago. The
reason for this is a) it supports the 290 (which connects to my computer via
a Keyspan USB -> Serial box) and b) I have several very complex programs
written for MouseHouse that took me ages to perfect to my satisfaction and
there appears to be no way of importing these programs into Xtension.

I suppose I could buy a Lynx unit, learn a totally new interface and spend
weeks trying to duplicate what I did for the MouseHouse program. I haven't
had to do this since I could just boot into OS 9 with my Titanium Powerbook,
select which program I want my X-10 modules to respond to and get out. If I
can find out what is preventing Classic from running MouseHouse, I will
contine to use it. If not, I will probably be looking for an old Powerbook
with serial ports that is in decent condition.

jg