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X-10 CP290 Controller Software
Those old CP290 controllers are still around and functional. I have a couple that I use to turn the Christmas lites on and off without going outside in the cold. They work great!
Here are a few DOS and Windows programs that I have tried out with various results as noted below.
If you have one of these X-10 CP290 boxes, you know that it can be connected to a PC via a serial port. Oh, those crazy serial ports! Well, that's how they did it in the old days. Hey, these boxes go back to the 1980's. The serial port can be a problem child with windows. Today, everything is connected via the USB port which is such a nice plug-n-play invention.
Well, it is what it is and here are the free programs that may or may-not work. Have fun.
Shareware programs - Click on the link to download
Original CP290 for DOS distributed on a floppy disk
Tested okay with DOS - simple program
"Cannot open port" error in Windows
Tested okay with DOS - simple program
"Cannot open port" error in Windows
CP290 - 67KB
X-10 for Windows
Tested okay with Windows XP - more technical
Tested okay with Windows XP - more technical
XtenWIN - 2536KB
Windows X-10
An older Windows 3.1 program with a simple graphical interface
Tested okay with Windows XP - this is the program I use (Dec 2010)
No installation required - simple and easy to use
Uses a serial port: COM1, COM2, COM3 or COM4
It may generate a false "can't access COM port" message
An older Windows 3.1 program with a simple graphical interface
Tested okay with Windows XP - this is the program I use (Dec 2010)
No installation required - simple and easy to use
Uses a serial port: COM1, COM2, COM3 or COM4
It may generate a false "can't access COM port" message
WinX10 - 125KB
X-10 System Tray
Evaluation period - then must register
Not tested
Evaluation period - then must register
Not tested
X10SystemTray - 742KB
