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| Volume 3 Issue 4 August 1998 |
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WHAT WE NEED IS ...!
Send your needs to bobh@hometoys.com and we'll see what we can find or at least use this column to let those manufacturers and software engineers know what it is that we the consumers want to buy and use. Please let me know if these things are available, coming soon, good idea or just plain crazy. I'll keep the threads going as long as the feedback keeps coming in.
I would like to find a 3 pin applicance module which you plug the item into the face of
the module instead of the bottom. My dehumidifier and air conditioners all have 3 pin
plugs which try to be 'flat' by having a 90 degree plug on them which does not fit into
the bottom of the normal appliance modules. (Well, they fit the module, but the module
doesn't fit into the wall anymore).
Mike onghena@ibm.net
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I don't think the current wireless security switches can speak to anything other than a security console and I don't think the security tells anyone specifically which doors/windows are open. Right?
My home has too few outlets to waste them with powerflash modules. I also do not want to run wires all over to the plugged-in powerflash switches.
I know I could modify keychain remote to do what I want, but then I could only have 4 such remotes per housecode.
Mike onghena@ibm.net
Hi Bob:
I love your website lots of good info, and well written articles. Its a great hobby for me
and I guess a great living for some.
I am trying to increase the range on two items. First is an x1-0 rf transceiver XT501, with a XT504 transmitter. Does any body know how I can increase range by
1. Increasing antenna length . Does antenna need to be tuned or coupled ? is it a 1/4
wavelength at 300Mhz .
2. adding a receive preamp to the receiver ?
3.0n the receiver be tuned to optimize the rf or if section
4. Any schematics available ?
5. Can I increase the input voltage and thereby increase RF output of the transmitter ?
6 . Can I add an RF amplifier stage to the transmitter ?
7. Can I add a 120 Khz RF amplifier to create a higher x-10 signal on the power line any
schematic locations ?
Steve Vorres svorres@lsil.com
Mixed Signal FAE Manager LSI Logic
Can anyone help Steve with some of his questions?
Only a parent would have the need for this,...? on second thought I do see other uses. I am wondering if there is a sensor to tell a parent if their teenager is sneeking out or in of the house. Example, I can't lock the door until I know they are home, and kids do fib about what time they got in (they seldom lock a door). In desperation, I purchased one of those motion sensor "croaking frogs", but the cat keeps setting it off. There has to be a better idea out there?
Wanda Bakke bbakke@fm-net.com
Teenagers that fib ... never heard of such a thing :-) Many thoughts come to mind on this one ... some of them downright nasty (I've got 3 teenage boys of my own). How about a "Scarecrow" sprinkler. This device is sold at garden centers and turns on the sprinkler when motion is detected (I'm also allergic to cats). Seriously though, this is a good question and I'm sure some of you out there have some ideas. Send them in.
