Hi guys,

New to X10 and Indigo, but so far have a relatively simple setup with lights/appliances and some macros.

I'd like to add RFID control if possible, and would welcome any advice on how to do this cost-effectively.

Currently, I have an "In" and "Out" button on a wall switch (SS13): "Out" triggers a Macro on Indigo that turns all lights/appliances off after 1 minute, and sets a variable which then triggers certain lights to come on at night to simulate occupancy. "In" reverses this. We also have a "Bed" button which turns on the bedroom light, and turns all other lights/appliances off after 2 minutes.

While this is great, the wow-factor would be to have this all completely automatic, without having to manually press the butter to trigger these actions. Is there a way to do this with RFID (or similar)? i.e. I have an RFID keyring on me at all times; which - when out of range - triggers a certain X10 command (which in turn triggers the "Out" macro). Similarly, coming back into range would trigger another X10 command, and triggers the "In" Macro. Not sure how I'd do it with the "Bed" macro though.

I also have an iPhone, is there any way to detect the presence of this instead of having to use RFID?

Bit out of my depth with RFID as I've never used it before, so any advice would be greatly received.

Many thanks in advance.

There's an extensive thread about detecting when an iPhone comes/goes from your house that may help with that.

Smarthome makes an RF proximity kit - not sure that would do what you want (and not sure it's RFID compliant) but you should check it out.