Xtenscape 10.07.03

Xtenscape 10.07.03 is well-known as an efficient as well as beneficial home automation software for X10.  Xtenscape is for the intel-based Apple macs and Windows 98/ME/XP/2000/Vista etc.One thing to note, at the moment, the computer needs to be switched on for the time period you want to send X10 signals, an upcoming feature will allow your computer to be off (storing the scheduled on/off signals in the CM11/12)

X10 home automation has been around for some time now. Its a simple idea whereby control signals are 'piggy-backed' on top of the electrical current running through your house, these signals can tell a specific receiver to switch on or off. Anything can be plugged into the receivers socket and so can be controlled. Somewhere in your house you will need the controller, typically a CM11 or CM12 unit. You plug it into the wall socket and a wire from it goes into the back of your computer so it can send signals.

Requirements:

• Intel-Basedo Windows PC
• Java 1.5
• WINDOWS ONLY: Microsoft Dot Net 2.0
• CM11A or CM12 or Firecracker control module (UK,USA,Euro etc)
• At least one Appliance module or Lamp Module
• Spare COM port or USB port with COM to USB convertor