Web-Enabled X-10 Home Automation Controller: Glue Your X-10 Devices to a Webpage

摘要

This project uses an Imagine Tools Ethernet Starter Kit and X-10 modules to make a controller that will run X-10-connected lights and appliances without a PC and will also allow you to control and schedule them from anywhere with a web browser. Think of the possibilities. You're having a stressful day at work or you have a hot date and you want the jacuzzi warmed up when you get home. You forgot to leave the porch light off for your mother-in-law. The list goes on. The project implements the scheduling and sending of ON/OFF commands to household AC devices from an RCM3710 C-programmable Rabbit Core module included with the Imagine Tools Ethernet Starter Kit, which also includes code library support for X-10. In addition, X-10 power line interfaces and lamp or appliance modules are required. These are not included in the kit and can be purchased directly from X-10 Corporation on the Internet. A few additional diodes and resistors, a transistor, a phone cable, and an RJ11 jack are also needed. The concepts here can be applied to other Ethernet-enabled programmable controllers, as well. X-10 support is also available for BASIC Stamps. The X-10 protocol is fairly simple. It took me about a work week to implement with a processor and programming tools I was familiar with using a technote available from X-10.