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In article <200@et.UUCP> mike@et.UUCP (Mike Graham) wrote:
> >  I am looking for a box that connects to a serial port, and has
> >  an alarm (buzzer, bell, not ^G) and a lamp.
> >  By sending a sequence to the
> >  box the light comes on (or alarm or both), send another and
> >  they goes off. (pretty simple stuff eh !)

In article <1320@genrad.UUCP>, rep@genrad.UUCP (Pete Peterson) responded:
> Well, it's not exactly "a box" but DAK (Drew A. Kaplan), the consumer
> electronic stuff place, sells an RS-232 BSR X-10 controller for $19.95 
> + $4.00 shipping (note that it's not in their latest catalog, but they
> do still sell them).  With this and a BSR X-10 appliance module for about
> $15, you can control the light/noisemaker(s) of your choice (up to 15 amps
> worth) from an RS232 serial port.

The BSR X-10 controller doesn't fit the requirements.

While the BSR controller accepts its input from an RS-232 port,
it broadcasts the control signals to the individual modules over
110V electrical wiring.  The controller and module(s) must share
a transformer circuit.

There's no RS-232 connection at the individual modules; in fact,
there's no input from any appliance module at all: they're
output-only devices.
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