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My RCX's life as a dog or hacking the x10
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Thu, 24 Feb 2000 07:18:05 GMT
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Mihalka, Michael <mihalkam@marshallcenterANTISPAM.org>
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Folks,
Last night I hacked my x10 cam2, attached it to a power block(s) and ran it
around the basement with the remote control. My experience was as follows:
My six-cell power blocks (akaline or ni-mh) didn't produce much of an image
in my basement (the x10 light gathering power is poor anyway). Maybe they
will produce a good image in the daylight (if I am ever home then).
My seven-cell unit did produce a good image even from the first floor to the
basement through my floor heating system (albeit with some interference).
The microphone didn't work very well producing a noticeable hum with
seven-cell unit. I presume this is because the wallwart for the transmitter
is rated at 12V 200mA while the seven cell unit is rated at 8.4V 940mA. As
my degree is not in electrical engineering perhaps someone with knowledge
can comment on this.
The x10 is extremely sensitive to IR. The remote when pressed produced a
white light more intense than a flashlight. This may have some important
implications for actually using the images.
Needless to say I agree with some others on this list that following my
RCX's view as a dog quickly loses its novelty.
As soon as I get my video capture stuff to work I will post some (dark)
images.
Michael
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | RE: My RCX's life as a dog or hacking the x10
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| Michael, Not knowing much about the X10 cam2, I remember my friends taking some small PC cams apart. Once the lens/filter was off, the image was not too great, as the filter was some sort of IR type filter. What they did was mount it on the front (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: My RCX's life as a dog or hacking the x10
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| (...) This was a big surprise to me also. I found my little B&W camera sees the output of the remote control very brightly. Even with the big lens I added to considerably sharpen the picture vs the pinhole "lens". Even remotes with filters on the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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