From the publishers of The Savvy Guide to Home Security comes a book clarifying the myths of the X-10.  Easy X10 Projects for Creating a Smart Home does away with the illusion of the X-10 as a complex and expensive system.  Instead, the authors show how the X-10 is actually extremely affordable and simple to install. Easy X10 Projects offers any beginner or professional the ideal guide to X-10 systems and applications.

The book covers all probable uses, from the most basic operation to the most current, most advanced functions of the system. Whether you are looking to install a basic system, or you are doing more advanced electrical work with your current system, this book provides information and instructions on how to do it effectively and with ease. 

Beginning with an interview with a family that runs their home on X-10, the book illustrates the unique possibilities to the ease, convenience, and effectiveness of home automation.  With step-by-step pictures and detailed explanations, it explains everything from the initial set up to rewiring old electrical sockets and switches with specially designed X-10 sockets and switches.  To make things even easier and to introduce the beginner to the technicality of the system, Easy X10 Projects explains and defines the technical jargon and terms and operational possibilities that are associated with X-10. 

Not only dealing with the electrical side of X-10, Easy X10 Projects also describes the virtual and communicative side of the X-10 protocol, from telephone to Internet to voice control.  The book explains how to program and operate your system via your telephone or PC. It shows you how to program your X-10 home security and integrate various networks into your system.  Easy X10 Projects is the most reliable and effective text for anyone seriously interested in X-10.

Table of Contents:

 1.  Up and Running in Twenty Minutes
 2.  Expanding and Automating Your System
 3.  Wireless Control
 4.  Hardwired Controls: Basic
 5.  Hardwired Controls: Advanced
 6.  High-End Modules
 7.  Low Voltage Modules
 8.  Wireless Home Security
 9.  Infrared Interface
10. Computer Control
11. Macros and Scenes
12. Controlling Your Home by Phone, Internet, or Voice
13. Troubleshooting
14. X10 in Depth