From: J W. <j...@wy...> - 2005-03-28 18:24:19
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I bought an X10 security package, intending to install it in my house before/to help selling it. After it arrived, I was informed (by my wife) that it would "scare people off". So, choosing my battles, I didn't argue and held onto it, intending to install it in the new house along with the rest of my plans for an automated home. Now, lo and behold, we moved into the new house and this place already HAS a security system. So, I'm left with a pile of door/window sensors, etc. and looking to use them to enhance my Misterhouse setup. I'd like to be able to track the opening and closing of a few doors as part of longer macros for "coming home" type setups: garage door opens, motion detected in garage, basement door opens, etc. Given that I have dogs that tend to trip motion sensors, I'd like rely more heavily on something else for tracking movement through the house. What I'm wondering is what kind of device I need to pick up the signals from the door/window or security-specific motion sensors since I don't want to use them with the security base that came with them. I'm assuming that one of the more generic RF receivers (like the whole-house tranceivers) will pick them up, but before I buy another component, I want to figure out if I may already have what I need in my box of X10 stuff to be installed this weekend. |