Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!hplabs!hpda!hpcuhb!hpcilzb!daves From: daves@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Dave Scroggins) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: X-10 material in Circuit Cellar Ink Message-ID: <1310010@hpcilzb.HP.COM> Date: 5 Jul 88 20:32:25 GMT References: <44803@felix.UUCP> Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA Lines: 25 > >So how DO we set these systems up so that people with no computer or >electronics orientation can use them? The HomeMinder interface >certainly isn't it; that's probably why GE gave them to RS. > -- Bob Munck >---------- Bob, I had the same problem with non-techo types (the wife) not being able or willing to use the X-10 things. The situation has gotten MUCH better since I got the X-10 wireless remote. (actually two with three controllers) They are easy to use. One key stroke on/off two key stroke on dim/bright. They are portable, so you can leave several controllers around the house. My only complaint - they DO tend to eat batteries pretty quickly. (weak batteries => poor control response) Give one of these a try. (get several transmitters even if you only get one receiver) Dave S.