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I've just built myself a new Pentium2 machine so my "old" Pentium 233MMX can now be dedicated to Home Automation.…
15 April 1998 After taking TEN YEARS to get planning permission we finally "cut the first sod" on St Patrick's…
After upgrading my main PC's motherboard I at last had 2 serial ports free (the new board has a PS2…
The weekend of January 9th 1998 and Keith Doxey (aka Krazy Keith) flies into Northern Ireland to meet me for…
I have now added a page with illustrations of the HomeVision. These pictures have been pulled from the CSI…
The HomeVision is now up and running! It is getting me up in the morning, controlling my AV system, reminding…
I received my new (second) HomeVision yesterday. Craig has now received the old unit back and after running his diagnostics…
The HomeVision unit I received this week developed a fault after running for approximately 10 minutes. I phoned Craig at…
After contacting Custom Solutions Inc in Florida I discovered they were just finalising a "UK beta" version of their HomeVision…
A short time ago I installed a WinTV/PCI card from Hauppauge. This week I finally got round to cabling the…
Although not X10 connected I though I'd put this one here anyway. I've now added a small video camera in…
I went to Maplins at the weekend and got an American Line Socket (Maplins part no HL19V £0.99) so I…
OK...my TW523 two way power line interface arrived in the post this morning. This now allows me to connect my…
OK...here's the latest. I have a couple more bits now including an Appliance Module. So now we can turn on/off…
I had been trying for a long time to find a source for UK compatible X10 units. Suppliers that had…