? HOME CONTROL 99 REVIEW by William M. Lucid, Hoosier Users Group from a review by Ken Gladyszewski, Northcoast 99'er Home Control 99 by Lake Software (formerly Eagle Software) is a disk based 20K program with some assembly language routines, used to interface the TI with the X-10 POWERHOUSE. The X-10 POWERHOUSE is an energy management system that allows one to control anything in the house which runs on electricity. It does this by sending signals over normal existing house wiring to remote modules into which lamps, etc. are plugged. The X-10 POWERHOUSE system and Corcomp's Home Sentry Interface Cartridge were reviewed in MICROpendium (Dec. 86) and by OH-MI-TI (Jan. 87). The latter was reprinted in this newsletter (Feb. 87). Please see these articles for a more through explanation of the X- 10 POWERHOUSE system. The cartridge software as described in these articles requires only the TI console, TV, and special cable, but does not provide any additional features (files) when used with an expanded system (Disk, XBasic, Expanded memory, and RS232). Home Control 99 uses text exclusively to an advantage, emulating the capability of X-10's software for the IBM. The user types any amount of locations and device descriptions up to the controller limitation of 256 devices. In comparsion, the cartridge allows only 14 choices of location and 9 choices of device types for a total of 126. Using the software, the controller is programmed for up to 128 timer events. Each timer event consists of an on, off or dim command for up to 16 devices within a single housecode (while module allows for only one device per timer event). The best feature of this program is the ability to save collections of timer events to disk as a file. This allows one to have a file for vacation, summer, winter, etc. These files can be edited, printed, and downloaded to the controller. The X-10 POWERHOUSE controller, including required RS232 cable can be purchased from Radio Shack (Plug'n Power Computer Interface [cmc] 61-2617 $69.99) Home Control 99 is provided on a SSSD disk with documentation on hardcopy, including instructions on how to rewire 2 wires in the IBM cable. The program sells for $10.00 and is available from: Lake Software c/o Paul Wheeler 1269 East 348 Street Eastlake, Ohio 44095 (216) 946-4995 Download complete. Turn off Capture File.