X10MSW  Version 3.0 
Installation:
  First, from Windows 3.1, run install.exe.
  This installs the necessary and optional files into a directory
  which you can specify and creates a Program group for X10MSW.
  
When starting X10MSW for the very first time, you may want to
select Help and review the "Getting Started" section.

To start X10MSW and see a sample events file, double click on the
"sample" icon in the X10MSW Program group.

X10MSW will use 3D controls if your button face color is something other
than white.  Use the "Color" application in the Control Panel to set the
button face color (light gray works best).

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Important information about Home Automation System's Plato For Windows,
which is the commercial version of X10MSW, can be found in the X10MSW30.WRI
file.  Contact Home Automation Systems at 1-800-SMART-HOme for the latest
information about Plato For Windows.

Details about whats new in X10MSW 3.0 can also be found in X10MSW30.WRI.

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X10MSW is a MS-Windows (3.1 or greater) application which allows you
to control lights, appliances, etc. around your home from your PC.
X10MSW is meant to be used with the CP-290 "Powerhouse" computer interface
manufactured by X10 USA, although there is a demo mode which does not
require a CP-290.  The CP-290 is available from many mail-order home
automation companies, and also from Radio Shack.
X10MSW also supports a PLIX evaluation board available
from Micromint (see aboutx10.txt for contact info.) which, in
conjunction with a TW523 bi-directional powerlink interface from X10
USA (also available from Micromint) allows you to monitor all X10
commands and do "bright" commands.

The file "ABOUTX10.TXT" tells you some more about the X10 family of
devices which accomplish this control of electrical devices around your
home, and gives some additional references to find out more about home
automation.

In addition to be a MS-Windows application, X10MSW has several capabilites
not found in other "user interfaces" to the CP-290.  It uses Multiple
Document Interface (MDI) to allow you to view many event files at the
same time, just like a MS-Windows application should.  It allows you
to monitor the command(s) sent by the CP-290; unfortunately the CP-290 
does not tell the PC about X10 commands that may be sent by other
control consoles.  Events may have additional conditions such as
month of the year, vacation, or up to 8 "user-defined" conditions
which allow you to furthur control when events happen.  Event times
such as "sunrise" or "sunset" plus +/- offsets from these are supported.
Direct commands may be mixed in with event files, allowing you to
build up command files which commmand the CP-290 to do a series of
X10 commands when downloaded.

All the documentation you will need for X10MSW is in the help file.

X10MSW30 is available in two versions.  One, available free on BBS and 
Internet/mailing lists does everything except you are limited to
downloading 6 or fewer events and you cannot save events to a file.
The second, available via the X10ORDER.WRI "form" (use Microsoft Write
to print it out), costs money but allows you to save events to files.

You may freely distribute the limited version, as long as this notice and
the order form accompanies it.  This program is copyrighted.

X10MSW30  Nov, 1994

Creative Processing
P.O. Box 2019
Acton, MA  01720