Marmitek health home automation system via electrical wiring

X10 is a Marmitek brand system using existing electrical wiring in your health home to communicate. It uses current carrier signals between transmitters and receivers.

X10 can therefore control all the devices smart health connected to the electrical circuits of your house. There are three different types of Marmitek X-10 components: transmitters, modules and transmitters. To the uninitiated, all of this may seem complicated and look like gibberish. So I'm going to explain to you what this technology is. You will see that it is particularly practical and uses to those who do not want to redo everything at health home.

The X10 therefore relies on the electrical network and dedicated devices. The transmitters will send the commands, the receivers will receive and execute the orders and finally, the controllers serve as programming support and also send X10 commands. The information that is sent through the AC mains (230 V or 120 V depending on the country of installation) in coded form. It is transmitted on a frequency of 120 kHz each time the AC mains current crosses zero. Similarly, there may be differences in some countries, with the use of frequencies 50 Hz or 60 Hz.

The X10 protocol is made up of 4-bit packets that are called “house” (ie “house” code from A to P) followed by 4 bits that are called “unit” (ie “unit” code from 1 to 16) finally followed by 4 bits command. In total, this therefore offers numerous addressing possibilities for each of the health home automation modules; 256 possibilities to be precise. As often, to compensate for any failure, the signal is sent several times.

So much for the explanation of the protocol and how it works. But like any protocol, it has flaws and therefore drawbacks. This protocol has some security problems (fault with access to part of the electrical installation), it is incompatible with international products, no acknowledgment of receipt of orders issued has been provided, it is sensitive to many of signals sent by modern electronic devices, etc.

So we see that if this X10 protocol is quite interesting, as with any health home automation solution, unfortunately there is no flawless quick fix. Finally, here are two practical cases of using the X10 protocol. Look :

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