Powerline X10 and powerline ethernet

[K J]

My house is set up with X10 devices to control lights and I am also
thinking adding powerline ethernet to control an IP web cam whose
wireless radio receiver no longer seems to work. I hesitate though
because I am not sure the two different poweline protocols can coexist.
Does anybody have experience with this?

Thanks,
KJ

[Dave Houston]

"K J" <kj@killjoy.invalid> wrote:

>My house is set up with X10 devices to control lights and I am also
>thinking adding powerline ethernet to control an IP web cam whose
>wireless radio receiver no longer seems to work. I hesitate though
>because I am not sure the two different poweline protocols can coexist.
>Does anybody have experience with this?

I do not have hands on experience but the frequencies used for BPL are much,
much higher than used by X-10. There should be no problem. And, there have
been posts here from users saying they had no interference.

[K J]

"Dave Houston" <nobody@whocares.com> wrote:
> I do not have hands on experience but the frequencies used for BPL are
> much,
> much higher than used by X-10. There should be no problem. And, there
> have
> been posts here from users saying they had no interference.

Thanks for the info. It's reassuring.

KJ

[Neil Cherry]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:59:42 GMT, Dave Houston wrote:
> "K J" <kj@killjoy.invalid> wrote:
>
>>My house is set up with X10 devices to control lights and I am also
>>thinking adding powerline ethernet to control an IP web cam whose
>>wireless radio receiver no longer seems to work. I hesitate though
>>because I am not sure the two different poweline protocols can coexist.
>>Does anybody have experience with this?
>
> I do not have hands on experience but the frequencies used for BPL are much,
> much higher than used by X-10. There should be no problem. And, there have
> been posts here from users saying they had no interference.

I took a look at the two kinds of Powerline Ethernet and from what I
recall neither had problems with X10 (or Insteon as I recall).

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