X10 WM100 Wi-Fi HUB for Android and Apple Devices

This product has been long-awaited! Our entire home is set up with X10 modules and we used to use the Home Pro unit and software. However that software was never updated for Windows 10 so we haven't done much with X10 over the last five or six years. This WIFI unit gives X10 new life in our home! One thing to make note of is that you need to do a bit of a workaround when they're setting up scenes and as part of that seeing you want a unit to dim. The work around it involves setting up some bogus units and doing a command to turn on the unit you are trying to control, then do a command to the bogus unit, then do another command to the unit you're trying to control turning it to the dim setting that you wish. For some reason the system won't just turn a device on and set it to the dim setting without this work around in a scene. Once I figured that out everything else has been excellent!

I have a lot of the original X10 and Smarthome devices (back when they were x10 compatible) and had been looking for a way to bring my home into the 21st century without having to replace my investment. Was excited to see this product and purchased it after reading the description and reviews I found online. Installation was very easy using the QR code with my iPhone and was even able to install apps on the other mobile devices at home including iPad's and android and it just worked. Initially I would have given this a 5-star rating. However about a week later it stopped working. Thought the controller had died but after an hour of trying to reinstall and reset found the forums.x10.com website and read that the x10 wifi module requires a connection to the internet. Not happy that it's actually an Internet-of-things device because you want this to just work 24x7 without relying on your internet connection, router/access point equipment, the server in the cloud, etc. Down rating this to 3 stars because the description does not make this clear. But bumping it back up to 4 stars because it does solve a problem I've had where I'd be leaving the house in the morning only to see that some of the outside lights are on and it's bright outside. Before I'd have to park, turn off the car so i can re-enter the house to hit the smarthome keypadlinc to turn all outside lights off. Now I can just pull out my phone, launch the app and use a scene button to turn off all outside lights. love it.

I was a breeze to set up and worked perfectly....for 2 months. Then like other reviews it suddenly decided to stop being able to find my WiFi signal. Nothing changed. I had used it to turn on a device and 45 minutes later...nothing. I reset everything, wm100 to factory spec, restarted router. I tried contacting X10.com. No phone number. Email support only. No reply. When working it was great. Seems like WiFi board has issues. Keep receipt.

I have my house all set up on x10 and it has worked for 20 years. The modules are less expensive than the new wifi controls and with no standardization on wifi control philosophy, you could spend a lot of money and end up with a Beta Max [ ask somebody old what this means]. Now I have a nice app on my phone which controls my X10. Had to contact support once and got a swift reply. Once I loaded the latest app and rebooted by router before connecting, I was up and running. Next thing is to work on the new features. Fun

new Update 02/07/20: New Firmware Update (ios) was available and installed yesterday. Everything that has worked since I purchased my Second Hub, which worked out of the box unlike my original, still works! I am encouraged by this and may try some of the more complicated functions this X10 item was designed to do. Update 11/2019. Having tried to get this to work for the past 18 months, and having tons of X10 modules, I decided to double down and buy a second Hub. Sort of Doubling down a bet. Well, guess what. The new unit works! If only Texas Home Automation had replaced the original as I had requested close to a year ago. Still no new updates to firmware. I took Star rating up to 3 with this update. What follows are my Original posts: Update to review, It has stopped working. Called X10/Texas Home Automation. Little support but would check my WM100 for defects if I shipped it back. Online forums support my issues. No firmware updates in 5 months, so guessing they know it is has non-correctable problems. Do Not Buy! Now, back to my previously written review. Glad X10 came out with this awaited product. Not flawless, using iPhone app, have had to reset several times, but usable. Update: Has become a bit problematic as we started to use more features. Wish it had battery back-up for timers.

It's not that often that a product works 100% as described and right out of the box, this one does. Everything works perfectly including the control of lights, etc. when outside the home WIFI network. If any improvements could be made it would be to increase the number of allowable X10 devices and the addition of an Alexa interface. Great long awaited product!

I've had X10 gadgets for a while... The mileage "can" vary. If you have really clean power, all "can" be well. Any arcing and sparking - and, these critters can be possessed of demons. And - That is just with an Rf remote. This critter adds a multitude of addition - what ifs. Adding the internet (the internet of things) is not quite the brave new world that they pose it to be. Here again, it boils down to "clean internet" "stable power" "hand of God" - etc. For reasons only known to your internet provider (and oft times even they are clueless) the router/WiFi/Modem - thingy will selectively eject/reject/lock-out any IoT device that it feels like. In a nod to MicroSloth WinWoes, the fix is to always reset/reboot/unplug/sacrifice-a-chicken, in order, to re-handshake with all the devices. Sometimes - that even works. (or, not) The instructions for setting it up are fascinating if not informative. Once one learns the language, it may even possibly be correct. For those unfamiliar with the lingo, it might as well be Chinese. Can X10 be blamed for operator incompetence ? = sure, why not - they aren't here to defend themselves. This unit replaced an earlier unit. After years of rotten power, thunderstorms, multiple internet providers - it decided that enough was enough. It had become less and less reliable has it went in to Alzheimer's. The replacement seems to have a bit more functionality - doing basically the same thing - better. Registering the old phone app to the new Hub was interesting - and, eventually successful. Syncing other device apps was equally mystifying prior to success. Bottom Line: It works. It probably works a little better. I can't quite wrap my mind around how the near random number of buttons that I pushed resulted in getting it all to work... When all else fails - fall back on Dumb Luck. My main gripe would be with instructions, which seem to be written at a level of basic Phd computer scientist. A glossary of terms would be helpful. I'm sure that what is available is technically correct, if you install 10 of these things a day. For a cold install, it needs more of a "I don't do this for a living approach."

I was so happy with this purchase that I bought another one to hook up at my parents’ house. With this unit, I can now control my existing X10 wall switches and lamp modules with easy from my iPhone both from home and when I’m away. The dawn to dusk feature was easy to set up and I like having the security option for certain lights to give the house a lived in look. Dimmer functionality is much improved over the old RF remotes and is much more accurate. The only glitch I ran into was trying to pair my iPad with the unit once I had it working on my phone. I can’t get the WM100 to recognize my iPad as a secondary controller? If you enjoy controlling your home automated devices from your phone and you already have X10 devices this is a must have device!