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Interestingly all of those images seem to be for their camera products. But long before those, X10 sold remote control systems that switched devices on/off over
by TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
Interestingly all of those images seem to be for their camera products. But long before those, X10 sold remote control systems that switched devices on/off over in-home electrical wiring (using the independent X10 protocol). The reliability of these systems were pretty bad as I recall. They offered something like 16 channels with various management devices that allowed for complicated scheduling of device switching.
- allenu 5y agoHeh, I remember those. I had my first internship around that time and one of the made-up jobs my boss at the time had me do was look into those switches. Another intern told me he just wanted someone to look into it since he wanted to try using them on his own home. :)
- anonymousiam 5y agoX10 was the first real home automation standard. The protocol was subject to interference and poor propagation, and did not use any EDAC or acknowledgement so it was pretty unreliable. It was still pretty useful for some things, and X10 devices are still being sold.
- pjc50 5y agoThe technology may have been fine. The advertising was insanely ubiquitous, in a way rarely seen since. Maybe Evony?