JMRI: Powerline Controllers

This page talks about how to configure JMRI to talk to powerline controllers, e.g. X10.

See also the associated compatibility page to see what interfaces have been supported.

For information on how to address your equipment via JMRI, please see the page on addressing and JMRI names for X10.

JMRI Lights work intuitively with powerline devices. When the JMRI Light is set "ON", a command is send to the remote device to set it "ON". Ditto for "OFF".

There's also limited support for dimming (variable brightness) Lights. See the "Light Control" page for more information on this.

JMRI Turnouts are available for X10. When the JMRI Turnout is set to "THROWN", a command is sent to the remote device to set it to "BRIGHT". This is an immediate, full-power on. When the Turnout is set to "CLOSED", the remote device is sent a command to go "OFF". Depending on the X10 hardware, this may be either an immediate off, or be slowly dimmed.

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