I had a DIY guy that installed his own Apex Destiny 6100 with a RS-232 interface, all run to his computer that controlled his X-10 stuff. I give the guy props because he found the stuff cheaper than what I could sell it to him for and he did it all with no tech support calls. The control software was HomeSeer. The homeseer program reads open and closures in the security including the fire and his lights would come on with motion det. or they would flash on a burg. He also had a light sensor to turn on and off landscaping lights. I would say minus his intelligence, that he had about $3000 in his poor-boy automation system. Not bad.