Sorry for crossposted reply.

Wireless Pal pad or Free hand can both accomplish this with direct
switch input to individual X-10 receiver.  I am 90% sure the free hand
lets you plug in an external switch if the freehand switch itself is not
suitable.
http://www.adaptivation.com/product_category.php?ID=18

Alternatively and maybe more of an investment is the powerlink 4
http://webstore.ablenetinc.com/powerlink%26reg-4-control-unit/p/10010701
/
Depending on the device that you want to control, it may be more
suitable.

Ed Hitchcock OT/L
Technology Center
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

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Subject: Re: X-10 with switch

Check out www.x10.com

There are any number of different switches or switch styles that you can

get.  I've used the 8 switch remote myself for various Christmas lights
around the house.  You may have to buy a receiver module to translate
the
RF or infrared into x10, but it all available (and usually on-sale in
some
sort of whacky package) from www.x10.com.

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On Tue, 15 Mar 2011, Antoinette wrote:

> Forgive cross posting
>
>
> Is there a device that sends X-10 with a switch?  I am working with an
ALS patient who needs to be able to send a X-10 signal with a switch,
but he does not want to have to scan, just simply hit a switch to send
an X-10 signal.
>
> He has limited hand function. He does not want to use a capability
switch, but I am not sure that there is a way around that because he us
having difficulty activating the remote doorbell that he is currently
using.
>
> I am not aware of any device that allows for this so I am asking if
there is a device that will send X-10 signal with one switch activation
- no scanning.
>
> Or if anyone has a better idea.
>
> This patient is very particular and wants something small that can be
attached to his wrist.
>
> Any and all ideas welcome.
>
>
> Antoinette Verdone, MSBME, ATP
> ImproveAbility, LLC
> 512-522-1705
> xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "One cannot consent to creep when one has the impulse to soar." Helen
Keller
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>
>
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