x10_any

Wrapper module to control X10 devices.

Table of Contents

• Information
• Getting Started

Information

Initial focus is supporting:

• Mochad (or compatible) servers to control
  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/mochad/ for CM15A RF (radio frequency) and PL (power line) controller and the CM19A RF controller
  • https://bitbucket.org/clach04/mochad_firecracker/ works under Windows and Linux and can control CM17A serial Firecracker
• CM17A serial Firecracker X10 unit, builtin support for CM17A over regular serial port. Also known to work with CM19A USB Firecracker device. For control via GPIO on Raspberry Pi manually install:
  • https://bitbucket.org/cdelker/python-x10-firecracker-interface can be used on Raspberry Pi to control GPIO, not (yet) Python 3 compatible and does not support ALL on/off

Implemented in pure Python. Known to work with:

• Python 2.7
• Python 3.4.4
• Python 3.5

Getting Started

To get started and install the latest version from PyPi:

pip install x10_any

If installing/working with a source checkout issue:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Then run tests via:

python -m x10_any.test.tests

Serial Port Permissions under Linux

Under Linux most users do not have serial port permissions, either:

• give user permission (e.g. add to group "dialout") - RECOMMENDED
• run this demo as root - NOT recommended!

Giver user dialout (serial port) access:

# NOTE requires logout/login to take effect
sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER

Sample

Mochad:

import x10_any

x10_any.default_logger.setLevel(x10_any.logging.DEBUG) # DEBUG

dev = x10_any.MochadDriver()
dev.x10_command('A', 1, x10_any.ON)
dev.x10_command('A', 1, x10_any.OFF)

Firecracker:

import x10_any

x10_any.default_logger.setLevel(x10_any.logging.DEBUG) # DEBUG

dev = x10_any.FirecrackerDriver()
#dev = x10_any.FirecrackerDriver('COM11')
#dev = x10_any.FirecrackerDriver('/dev/ttyUSB0')
dev.x10_command('A', 1, x10_any.ON)
dev.x10_command('A', 1, x10_any.OFF)