Notes In The Margin » x10

I recently acquired a Raspberry Pi, and my main project is to get X10 stuff working again in my house. To that end, I purchased a CM19a. I’m going to chronicle the process of getting it working...

https://drbacchus.com/getting-your-cm19a-working-on-linux/

I got a Raspberry Pi for Christmas. I’ve been meaning to get one for some time, because I wanted to play with home automation (x10) stuff again. So here we go. I’d rather not mess with gettin...

https://drbacchus.com/raspberry-pi-episode-1/

I’m in the New York Times!

https://drbacchus.com/nyt/

The photographer just left. He was here for about an hour, and took several hundred photos. He said that of that they might use 2 or 3 in the article. But he said he’d send me all the photos. S...

https://drbacchus.com/photographer/

A year or so ago, I installed a bunch of X10 stuff. I believe I blogged about it at the time. Well, someone told someone else, who told someone else. And now the New York Times is doing a story o...

https://drbacchus.com/home-automation-and-the-new-york-times/

The home automation stuff that I’m doing is mostly X10. There are a few exceptions. In the garage, laundry, and walk-in closet, I’m using hardware-store-variety motion sensor light switches. ...

https://drbacchus.com/home-automation-more-details/

On the home automation front, I now have the following working. When I walk into my bathroom, it turns on the light. However, if it is earlier than 6:30am, or later than 9:30 pm, the lights turn ...

https://drbacchus.com/home-automation/

Every 4 or 5 years, I discover X-10, and I think, gee, wouldn’t that be SO AMAZINGLY COOL. And then I decide that the pricetag is way too high, and I get over it. I have crossed the invisible l...

https://drbacchus.com/x-10/