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Alpha Cards Frank Herron Mon, 14 Sep 1998 11:06:05 -0400

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Someone asked about Alpha Cards.  I have been using them for awhile.  Mark
recommends you stay away from the X10 Card.  I have the Motherboard and the
Adapter card which plugs into the PC, also recommended by Mark, over the Serial
port connection.  You can buy blank cards from Alpha and I have hand built my
own, getting 8 Digital INs and 8 Relay outs on one card.  I use Quad
Opto-isolators to conserve space ( Aplha uses eight 4n26s) and also a single IC
that can drive eight relays, which are not located on the card.  They seem very
responsive.

The Cm-11A also works well, MUCH better than my Applied Digital Micro Wonder.
I used to miss inbound X10 signals.  Now with Cm-11A ECS hears everything!!

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