Have you ever wished you could set up a house light schedule on your personal computer? How about turn on your porch light from your car? Did you ever want to turn off all the lights in your house with one switch? Would you like to have an alarm sound if someone opens a door or window in your home? If so, all this is possible through the use of X10 home automation.
X10 is home automation technology 
that anyone can set up easily. X10 works by sending simple communication signals through the electrical lines of your home. You will need the receiver hardware attached to the device you want to control then you will need a transmitter control device. By assigning house (A-P) and unit (1-16) codes to the receiver devices, such as a light switch, you can control it. Because A is the default house code, it is a good idea to change it. You would not want you neighbor to be able to turn all your lights on and off because they are using the same X10 code.
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