I saw the thread about X10 interfaces for Vera, and it seems to only be the 2413U that is supported. I have looked, and can only find that in 110v US versions, is there a supported interface that allows X10 to be used on 240v UK power supplies?
If so, then I will definitely be looking to get a Vera and start moving things over to Z-wave from the X10 stuff that I have. Ideally it will work with the CM11 (serial) controller I have, but that seems like it may be too “intelligent”. I know it does pass most things it sees through though, as this is how I have been using it (more as a modem except for some basic items)
Several of us use the X10 cm15a/cm19a interfaces hooked up to a linux box running a mochad daemon along with the mochad plugin for Vera. In the UK you can get the CM15Pro interface from Marmitek and use it with mochad.
This does requires a separate linux box from Vera (technically you could compile mochad for Vera, I have run it before on an ASUS wl-500gp v2 router running OpenWrt which is basically a Vera 1, but I wouldn’t recommend it). If you are concerned about power consumption another embedded Linux box is a good option. One possibility is a Pogoplug. These can be had for about $20-30, use under 5w, and do a nice job running mochad.
I am a little biased as I wrote the mochad plugin but I think it works well.
I am moving control over to a GuruPlug, but had hoped to be able to simply integrate with a Vera, hence hoping there was a direct idea. If I need a new X10 controller, that sounds excellent, in the meantime, I will put heyu and bits onto the Guru, and keep with the CM11.
Need new light switches as I have gotten used to the dimming lights here, and all the newer techs have some products that will do LEDs, so just looking into which system, and thus controller. Still like the Vera systems as a good base even if they are not X10 capable directly. I am sure something can be written to link a Linux machine with X10 and the Vera.
If you are using a cm11 controller that plugin won’t work, BUT, you could write a little program that accepted the same commands (pl a1 on, etc) and translated them to a serial command. It would be a pretty simple program in perl for instance.
Then you could use the mochad program on Vera to talk to it. Of course, you could always start with the mochad plugin (or another Vera plugin) and modify it to send exactly what you want to your linux program too.
Finally, I think you could do all on just Vera. It would be a little more work, but you should be able to write a plugin (again, you could start with mochad if you want) that interfaced directly to a cm11 hanging off a usb2serial adapter plugged into Vera. The protocal looks really simple:
Either way I’m sure you can get it to work. Good luck!
Once I work out my Z-wave bits, assuming this includes a Vera, then I think the best idea may be to attach mochad to the Heyu relay, this will mean I can still program up the CM11 if I wish, and saves a lot of the protocol issues…
