Re: Ceiling Lights question

["paulgwa" <paulgwa@xxxxxxx>]

I am also interested in automating lighting around the house and
would like scene control in addition status reporting would also be
needed (i don't want the controller getting confused if someone
manually switches the light off!).

Are there any solutions available that offer this at a sensible price?

I have seen Clipsal's CBUS on the Comfort site which doesn't look
that much more expensive, i know the adder for the two interfaces
isn't small!(I am planning to use comfort anyway), but once you have
them adding rooms or groups of lights seems similar to X10.

Does anyone have any views on this or have I misinterpreted/over
simplified things

Regards

Paul

--- In ukha_d@y..., "BUTLER, Tony, FM" <tony.butler@r...>
wrote:
> Nope.  That's the conclusion I've come to.
> Any 'useful' X10 stuff requires push-to-make contacts, not 'proper'
> switches.
> I'm not ditching my brushed steel switches downstairs just for
dimming
> options!
> Might do upstairs though.....
>
> Another option might me futronix or similar IR controllers.  Okay,
you have
> to change the switch, but they look good too.  Nicking MR Doxey's
idea, you
> bung an IR emitter behind the switch face and run a cable back to
some sort
> of IR sender which is linked into your X10 system.
> Of course, you get no feedback over the system to know the light
levels have
> changed, but it seems loads of the X10 things don't give feedback
anywap :(
>
> Plan b) could be to cannibalise a lamp module?  Stick the guts of
it in the
> wall behind the switch.  The switch must stay on for X10 control,
but you do
> have local control if need be by retaining the switch & use a
keyfob/IR
> xverted jobbie to dim the lamp module.
>
> Hows that?
>
> (Guys, am I getting the hand of sticky plaster solutions yet?)
>
> Tony
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pedro de Oliveira [mailto:p.oliveira@xxxxxxx...]
> > Sent: 14 February 2002 12:16
> > To: HA (ukha_d@y...)
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Ceiling Lights question
> >
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > I am trying to automate my ceilings lights.  I found some
> > "socket rockets"
> > on letsautomate with bayonet fittings and these sounded ideal
> > until I read
> > they only have ON/OFF (no dim).
> > Is there any other way of X10'ing my ceiling lights
> > preferably with a DIM
> > option without changing the switches?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Pedro
> >
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