Catching Neighborhood Pranksters

Posted November 6, 2002

Catching Neighborhood Pranksters By Mat Perkins

X10 has helped me a lot. Most every neighborhood has one or two annoying kids that think it is funny to do things like ring the doorbell late at night. Well, I know a couple of these kids and I don't think it's funny.

So I was surfing the web one day and I found this really cool website. It was X10.com! As I was looking through it I found the Ninja and I thought I would give it a try. I hooked it up and 3 nights later I was sleeping when the bell rang. I got out of bed and went to the door and no one was there.

This time all I had to do was rewind the tape in my VCR. Turns out it was the kid next door. The next morning I visited his parents. They didn't believe their kid would do such a thing. I went home, but returned with the tape. When his parents saw it they were shocked. I have never had that problem again.

Thank you X10,
Mat Perkins

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Editor's Note: For this setup, you will need an XCam2 and VCR Commander.

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