X10 ActiveHome Pro USB Transceiver Module - CM15A

in my last video I talked about how you can add simple home automation using off-the-shelf motion sensor switches from your local hardware store in this episode I'm going to be talking about X 10 now X 10 is a home automation protocol that has been around for more than 40 years so there's a lot of hardware on the market although very few companies are still manufacturing this stuff you used to be able to pick it up inexpensively at RadioShack and of course RadioShack is no longer with us you can buy a lot of x10 stuff from x10 comm and a few other sites on the internet x10 is a protocol that communicates over your power lines so you plug it in one place in the home and it sends signals actually over your home alternating current wires and then it's received by other components in your home so this can result in x10 being a little bit slow and unresponsive and a lot of interference can h