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ActiveHome ProHave You Heard About the New ActiveHome Pro?
ActiveHome ProNEW! ActiveHome Pro is X10's latest breakthrough home automation technology to give you complete control over the lights and appliances in your home. The new PC interface now provides a USB connection, eight times the memory and much more! And, the software has taken a gigantic leap ahead in both ease of use and style. It's so hot that PC Magazine has made it their Editors' Choice with a 4½ out of 5 rating!  More Info

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Home Control Computer Interface
  X-10 provides simple components that let you control lighting, appliances, security, HVAC, Audio/Video, and more. X-10 products are already installed in over 4 million homes, and we're now developing the ActiveHome computer interface to provide user friendly home controls through your PC.

 
  The CM11A two-way Home Automation Interface requires the following hardware:
  IBM compatible computers with a 386DX processor or better.
  Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, Windows NT 3.51/4.0, Windows 95/98.
  Minimum 4 Meg RAM recommended.
Minimum 4 Meg space on hard drive.
  9-pin serial port to connect to the interface.

  Please note: This site contains the latest beta release of the ActiveHome software. Subsequent use by any un-registered beta testers is at the user's risk with the understanding that the user may revert back to a previous working revision.

Feedback
Feedback
  Give us your feedback. We want to hear if you find bugs or any other suggestions and comments you can offer (beta@x10.com).

Help needed...
Help Needed…
  As you are no doubt aware, the icons in our software could be improved. If you would like to see your icons (28x28 pixels, 16 colors) in the software, please e-mail them to us.

Beta Software
Beta Software
Installer Archive
Download the latest beta version of ActiveHome software (Version 2.0b2.0.69; 3,794,864 bytes; released 5.4.99) here.
Setup Disk #1
Download disk#1 of the setup utility (setup69.exe, 1,454,080 bytes)
Setup Disk #2
Download disk#2 of the setup utility (setup69.w02, 1,454,080 bytes)
Setup Disk #3
Download disk#3 of the setup utility (setup69.w03, 885,113 bytes)

  Netscape
  Users experiencing problems downloading the installer with Netscape's browser should configure their browser as follows:
1.
Launch Netscape.
2.
From the "Options" menu select "General Preferences".
3.
From the "Preferences" window, select the "Helpers" tab and scroll the list box until you see a file type called "application/octet-stream".
4.
Select this file type and add w02 and w03 as the file extensions.

  Utilities
Interface memory decoder
Click here for a utility to decode the data downloaded to the interface and stored in the EEPROM.
Communications Tools
Click here for a DOS test utility to confirm the operation of the interface outside of the Windows environment.
X10 log file decoder
Download the X10 log file decoder to convert the binary x10.log file to an ASCII text file.
Programming Specification
CM10A/CM11A programming specification (in Word 6.0 format).
Programming Specification
CM10A/CM11A programming specification (in text format).
Programming Specification
AM14A/AM15A/LM14A specification (in Word 6.0 format).
Programming Specification
AM14A/AM15A/LM14A specification (in text format).

  Links
X10 Home Page
X-10 (USA) Inc. Home Page
ORCA Monitoring Services
Professionally monitored systems by ORCA Monitoring Services.
X-10 Pro Range

X-10 is proud to announce the new X-10 Pro line of high performance modules!
Firmware Revision History
Beta Software Revision History