Do your modules go unresponsive for no apparent reason? That was one of the biggest reasons I ditched X10 home automation. My modules would just stop responding randomly and I had to disconnect them or reset a breaker to have them come back to operational state. The controllers would also sometimes need to be reset which made it more of a hassle. I never installed the bridge module to link the two different legs of my 120V power in the house so I had essentially two different networks using wireless receiver modules plugged in on the two legs and set to the same house code so I could control all the modules no matter which AC leg they were on. It was a crappy solution, but it worked well enough for the years I had automation.
The only time I had a module go unresponsive on me is when I had a known noise generator on the line, or when it quit. I've lost a few of the old BSR brown boxes over the years, but those date to the 70s.
When I re-set my system back up about 5 years ago, I spent some money on a signal repeater and some of X10's line filters. That seems to keep most of the problems away. I have a bridge, but never installed it. One of the things I did do when writing the scripts for Heyu, was to repeat any command 5 times, 5 seconds apart. If there's a problem, chances are one of those commands will get through.
Other than the random "What did the weather service break today" and changing on/off times, I've really had no issues.
That's cool that you have better results with your system than I did. Now that everyone is doing home automation, I feel like I want less outside influence on my home and stick with the old manual switches and dimmers. The last thing I want is to have my home to fall victim to outside attack rendering my "smart home" all fucked up or stupid. It was fun in the 90s, but that was because it was novel and no one else I knew had such a thing. Now I just want manual control and nothing more.
I can understand that. I just have a few lights that turn on automatically, the system I use is nice because it tries to adjust for weather conditions.
Beyond that, it's all manual.
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