CompuServe Messages

Intruder alert has been out there for a long time (I thought the company might have folded by now, so many others have). Its more of a wired alarm system, that can operate a CP290 interface. There are (or were) two other companies that sold softwar interfaces to the CP290. This is a nice little toy (I have one connected to both off my machines), and I have wriiten (and uploaded) ARexx scripts that can control X-10 devices. Greedy tinkerer that I am, I want a method to sense X-10 device being controlled by other devices, and being able to act on that action. The old GE Homeminder could sense X-10 signals, but not react to them, Enerlogic 1400 is a dedicated computer with software interface to IBM compatibles which can act on such signals. The TW523 is a very simple device that senses raw X-10 signals and can transmit raw signals. It requires a sophisticated software to perform these actions, and presently the only software exist for IBM compatibles only (yech!). The low cost of the hardware makes it an intriguing idea, if you have the proper skills (which I regretably do not).