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laird@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes:

>I'd like to set up some 6811's for "home control".  I'm thinking that
>I'll drop eight pair UTP cable around the house, but two pairs would
>be for Ethernet, another two for telephone lines, and one more for 12
>or 6VDC (which the 6811's could run off of).  So, I'd have three pairs
>free - hopefully this will avoid the necessity of fancy line sharing
>protocols.  (I wouldn't mind just using one pair and having two free,
>though.)

Hmmm, have you seen the Circuit Cellar Home Control System? Those who
used to read Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar in Byte will know that he
started his own mag called Circuit Cellar Ink.

They have developed a new home control system, which is based around
a multidrop RS485 network. You might like to check this out and see if
anything to do with the project is applicable to what you're trying to
do.
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