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9 - A Carrier-current System for domestIc Remote Control
Within each block of data, each four or five bit code should be transmitted in true complement
form on alternate half cycles of the power line. So, if a 1 millisecond burst of signal is trans-
mitted on one half cycle (binary 1) then no signal should be transmitted on the next cycle, (bi-
nary 0). See the following figure.
09-xbit
A burst on the
zero crossing
point
followed by
no burst on the
next zero
crossing point
Logical 1 Logical 0
X-10 Technology : bit transmission principle
(House & Key codes, except Start code)
No burst on the
zero crossing
point
followed by
aburstonthe
next zero
crossing point
0
0
1
1