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RE: [ECS] ECS X-10 Interface... Ingo Pakleppa Tue, 05 Jan 1999 03:27:27 -0800

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I don't have the first-hand experience, but the Home Vision Web site at
http://www.csi3.com/homevis2.htm says that it uses a serial connection, not
a LAN connection. There are a few serial-port-to-LAN adapters, but the cost
is probably prohibitive, it's probably in the four digits. Plus they often
only work with NT; they just don't ship with drivers for 95. I worked with
Digi's port server a while ago, and it is very good if you really want to
go for something like that.

Ingo

At 03:15 AM 1/5/99 -0800, Devlin wrote:
>I actually have an Ethernet connection from my computer and hub to my kids
>computer, which is right next to where I would want to put the HV box.  So I
>could put another hub at my kids computer and connect it to the HV box. Can
>you easily use ECS to work with the HV box over a LAN?  Can you connect HV
>to a LAN?
>
>Thanks,
>Jim Devlin
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Ingo Pakleppa [mailto:ipakleppa@home.com]
>Sent:	Monday, January 04, 1999 10:28 AM
>To:	ecs-list@netbloc.com
>Cc:	ecs-list@netbloc.com
>Subject:	Re: [ECS] ECS X-10 Interface...
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>I'm not sure what kind of connection Home Vision uses - is it serial? If it
>is, I believe 150 feet is still within the specifications of a regular
>RS232 - I'm not positive, though. Furthermore, not all serial ports provide
>the necessary voltage that the RS232 specification calls for. Nowadays,
>it's almost unusual to have the full + and - 12 volts. Twisted pair will
>probably work. It wasn't invented for serial-port use, but nowadays is
>fairly commonly used for that purpose. So, bottom line, my *guess* is that
>150 feet should work, but you won't know for sure until you try it.
>
>You CANNOT use a LAN hub unless you have an actual LAN connection; hubs
>only work if traffic occurs at the specified 10 MBit per second. They have
>some circuitry in them that relies on this.
>
>Ingo
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