RE: [misterhouse-users] Serial Powerlinc II

[Bruce W. <br...@mi...>]

> Bruce,
>   If you could start it that will be excellent. Smarthome is just 5
> miles away. So its not a problem for me to deal with them.
>
> Chin Lee
>
> --- In mis...@ya..., "Bruce Winter" <bruce@m...> wrote:
> > > My CM11A is gasping its last breath as it is locking
> > > up constantly. Can anyone suggest a replacement? The
> > > Lynx-X10 is too rich. I am thinking of the smarthome
> > > Serial Powerlinc II
> > >
> > > http://www.smarthome.com/1132.html

I followed the above link and found to Ascii protocol documented here:

  http://www.smarthome.com/manuals/1132B_Programming.pdf

The protocol looks pretty low level, with handshaking required.  Similar to
the CM11 protocol.

The document didn't say anyting on how data was received, only on how to
transmit.   Do you have one yet, or are you still deciding if this is the
way to go?   I suppose we could sniff the data coming from the port to
figure out how to receive, but it seems like that should be docuented
somewhere.

Anyone have any reviews on this interface -vs- the CM11?   They seem about
the same price and do about the same thing.

Bruce