RW> I would like to control it from OS/2, not WinOS2 which I didnt
RW> load..

Rich, to my knowledge, there is no OS/2 software for the cm11a/hd11a
controllers (the only ones I have ANY knowledge of)...Windows only
from IBM or X10. There is, however, some Linux stuff that people are 
working on.

RW> The s-ware you have, is it some form of basic, or an executable?? 
RW> I've heard  some controllers can be operated from basic commands

I have both IBM's Home Director and X10's Active Home. Home Director
being an earlier version of Active Home. Both are executables.

Programming information is available and amounts to the low-speed 
twiddling of bits on a serial port. It should be doable from anything
that  lets you get to the serial port. Note that I am referring only to
the  cm11a/hd11a systems which are basicily low-cost introductions to
home  automation. There are other, more expensive (and capable) systems 
available. 

If you are interested, there is a very active home automation news 
group called, strangely enough: "comp.home.automation". 

Peyton

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