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Lighting & Appliance Controls Planning Guide
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Planning your power line signaling Lighting & Appliance Control System? Please be sure to include products from the following categories:
Controllers / Transmitting Devices:
Locate these for maximum convenience anywhere within or around your home. Select from one to multiple button controllers that are Wall Mounted, Table Top Plug & Play, Phone Operated, Hand Held Remote Controls, and Controllers programmed by your PC to control your system by events such as a car pulling in the drive or automatically by time events to insure your home always appears lived-in. You may also want to consider locating a few Motion Activated Controller Flood Lamps on the exterior of the home, they automatically send signals on the power line to any type of Lighting & Chime Receiver Devices.
Receiver Devices:
Locate these Smart Devices where you would have ordinarily installed common Wall Switches or Receptacles to control Lighting, Pumps, Filters, Printers etc. Select from our Light Switches, Wall Receptacles, Plug-in Modules & Chimes. Use our Switch Selection Guide to assist in selecting Dimming or Non-Dimming based on the type of light bulbs, and to also select the correct wattage switch based on how many light bulbs you will control with a switch.
Transceiver Devices (Receive RF and Re-Send as Power Line commands):
These Plug-in Modules will receive your command signals from any of our X10 Pro Hand Held Remote Controls, Slimline Wall Switches, and battery powered Motion Sensors, and then retransmit the command signal on the power line as an X10 command signal to designated Receiver Devices.
Power Line Conditioning Products:
Usually not required for basic one or two room systems. We do however suggest Signal Coupler / Repeaters to boost the signal for maximum performance within the home and the grounds. Select a Whole-House Surge Protector to protect all equipment on your power line. Intermittent operation of the system is usually caused by something plugged into your power line that is creating interference with the control signals. This can be corrected by identifying the culprit such as a Trinitron type TV or Electronic ballasts by process of elimination, and then installing a filter, which we will gladly assist you in selecting.
Power Line Signal Testers:
Usually not required, however invaluable for monitoring system performance.
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