Automated Home

One of Insteon’s engineers is currently in the Automated Home doing some final field testing of UK modules and the units have performed flawlessly around our home.  Here are some photos of some final engineering samples and a quick video… Insteon refer to their system as “Dual Band” as every command gets transmitted over both [...]

After last weeks Insteon Bulb announcement lots of you contacted us asking if it was going to be available for the UK. We reached out to Insteon and the great news is they are working on a version for the European markets. We’ve also got the list of the first modules scheduled to be available in the UK in the next 30 to 90 days…

It seems the rumours of the last few weeks are true and X10 is really heading into receivership.  We’ve heard on the grape vine that Marmitek may have done an exclusive deal with ShangHai Super Smart Electronics to continue to supply X10 products.  We also spoke to a couple of UK Home Automation retailers too [...]

We’ve been contacted by Automated Home reader (Mr Flibble) on his interesting step-by-step guide on building a custom iPad web app for the X10 CM15 Pro on Mac OSX.  Even more interestingly he plans to release an open source version soon…. “…The best part about being able to write your own PHP is that you [...]

Our Forums have information on this new X10 based touch screen controller.  The 3.6″ QVGA unit can be wall or desktop mounted. It requires a CM11 or CM12 X10 interface and should be priced around the 500 Euro.  Read on for the all the specs plus news of its big brother. We hear the second [...]

Xtenscape is a free Java based application for Windows 98/ME/XP/2000/Vista and intel-based Apple macs.  Just connect a CM11 / CM12 to your PC or Mac to easily shedule and control your X10 devices.  Now Scott Hather has released a free iPhone app to control the system, either from your LAN or the Internet… “X10 home [...]

Marmitek have just announced a new in wall X-10 micro module for shutters, blinds and projector screens.  You can program the preset address of all sunblinds in for instance the living room to the same address. With the Preset key of any sunblind modules in this room or by means of sending the Preset address [...]

Submission by Stephen Shephard – Owning your own home automation installation company is a bit like being a kid in a sweetie shop. You get to play with all sorts of cool gadgets and gizmos. Well the CM15 is finally here in Europe. Like many things Home Automation related it takes time to filter through [...]

The new CM15Pro from Marmitek is like a CM12 on acid!  As well as the usual X10 powerline functionality the CM15 also includes a built in RF transceiver.  The unit has other significant advantages over the CM12 including a logic engine and 8 times more memory meaning it can cope with over 1,400 timers/macros compared [...]

  New from Simplehomenet, the EZX10RF all-house transceiver will receive signals from X10 RF transmitters and either rebroadcasts the X10 codes or, uniquely, convert them into INSTEON messages over the power line. “The EZX10RF is the latest addition to the Simplehomenet family of INSTEON enabled devices introduced this past year. This is the first transceiver [...]