Re: Remote Light Control with Linux and other remotes (was: Re: [tlug] [OT] Any hobbyist electrical engineers around Tokyo?)

[Joe Larabell <fred62@example.com>]

> You can remotely turn on and off lights with Linux computers
> or other remote controls with the X10 stuff. Start digging here:
>
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_(industry_standard)

But, unless I'm doing something wrong, they don't work in Japan. At least 
not the X10 stuff they sell in the US. And I've never seen a Japanese X10 
source. Of course, that assumes Dave's theatrical even is in Japan ;-).

[Note: I'd love to be proven wrong -- I've used X10 devices before and I'd 
like to do so again.]

There's another competitive product out now that I saw in Fry's last time 
I was in the US but I don't recall the brand name, nor did I pick any up 
to test them out. Nothing on the packaging said "X10" so I think it's a 
different technology.

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