X10 Anywhere 2000 RF Remote

[xportz]

Howdy!

I picked up an X10 Anywhere 2000 remote and for the life of me cannot get it to work with Girder! It only seems to work with the completely useless Boom2000 software from X10. I've tried using the x10 plugin to no avail. Am I wasting my time, or should Girder support it?

Any help would be great!!

XPortZ

[Mark F]

Welcome to Girder!

How does this remote's receiver attach to the PC? Serial port? USB? ???

[xportz]

It's an RF remote and receiver connected via serial. I'm using XP. Could that be the problem?

Thanks for the quick response!

XPortZ

[Ingo]

Hi xportz,

just dump that boom2k thing.... I never realy used it.... get MarkF's Serial Plugin (current: 3.0.3). And get the X10 config file that is available from the page you get when you click on the left green button on the same line.
This works for my X10-MP3-Anywhere.

[xportz]

Thanks for the tip, but STILL no dice, even after going through all of that configuration stuff. Are you using model UR81A? This one is mine:

Thanks

[Ingo]

Hi xportz,

no, I don't use this model. I use different models (for different rooms ;-)). The receiver is labled "MR26E for use with UR47E". Its sa small black box with a red LED and connects to the serial port.

[Mark F]

I'm probably wrong but from the X-10 site, it appears this remote uses the TM751 to get the remote control signals on the power line. At that point, any two way X-10 product (homeseer, activehome, etc.) could respond to the signals. Yes? No? Maybe?

[ertyu]

I use the Generic IR (UIR) with this. Works fine.

[Snoopo]

xportz Have you been able to figure out how to make your UR81A X10 remote works, because I have the same...
Thanx for your help...

:lol:
Snoopo

[whashapponin]

I just got this same set up going using the above mentioned serial dll and a bit of fudging. This seems to do the trick:

Baud Rate: 9600
Receive Settings:

Character events: enabled.
Fixed Length: enabled.
# of characters: 10.
Translate Bin->Hex: Enabled.


If you leave everything else at the default, you should be fine.

(BTW, my firecracker receiver is # MR26a)

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