[Noisebridge-discuss] X-10 hardware hacking

[travis+ml-noisebridge at subspacefield.org]

Actually, the wireline protocol is well documented, but the security
modules have a different protocol to prevent people from using COTS
X10 units from triggering or disabling the alarm.

Based on what I read, it seems like the wireless security devices (and
key fob) generate some kind of ID at startup, and get paired with the
console via a special switch ("install mode").

I hadn't considered that they might use a commodity chipset and one
could use it to hack the protocol.  That has some interesting
implications, some good, some bad.
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