[Coco] The CM17A "Firecracker" works on the Coco -Final CodeSample to wirelessly control all 256 X10 Units.

[K. Pruitt]

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From: "Kip Koon" <computerdoc at sc.rr.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 5:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] The CM17A "Firecracker" works on the Coco -Final 
CodeSample to wirelessly control all 256 X10 Units.


> Hi Kelly,
> What is a CM17A firecracker?
>
> Kip Koon
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>
>
>

It's a little device that plugs in to a standard 9-pin serial port and 
allows you to control X10 devices wirelessly.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_Firecracker

And do a Google image search for CM17A and you'll get a page full of 
pictures of what it looks like.

They're routinely available for under $10 including shipping on eBay from a 
wide variety of sellers.

I plugged it in to my RS232 port via a DB25 to DB9 adapter and it works 
fine.  Very easy to program too, as my little code sample shows.