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I intend to replace my RFXCOM USB X10 receiver with an ethernet version.

Besides Oregon Scientific temp/hum sensors I have several Visonic sensors fitted all over the house and would like to monitor them. I could add a Visonic receiver to the USB housing, but I also want to add an X10 transmitter as I will be mounting Harrison electrical curtain rails in the near future. So the 87005 with an additional Visonic receiver is what I will be needing.

A few questions:

- Does the ethernet interface support PoE (Power over Ethernet)? I may have missed it in the manual, but it sure would come in handy.

- Does the ethernet interface, when ordered 'fully loaded', come with external antenna connectors and antennas, or did you have to do some soldering yourself? (The Visonic interface has a wire antenna according to the RFXCOM website)

- Does the interface have an RX buffer? Let us say I miss a few packets because of a system reboot (or whatever). Will the interface keep these missed packets in a buffer and release them when I ask for it?

The interface does not have POE. The power adapter must be connected directly to the interface because it is powering the receivers. PoE can introduce unwanted signals to the receivers.

The interface will be delivered fully assembled.
If you order the interface without the X10 receiver you have to install that receiver your self.

The interface has a receive buffer. But the default configuration (can be changed by the user) flushes the I/O buffers on a connect.