Re: xPL/xAP an alternative to C-Bu$ ?

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Ignoring Mark McCBus for a moment... ;)

LOL!!!!!!............He cant help it he,s seen the lite ;-))

I agree with what you say about cost etc...but lets face it its the
switches which look really nice...dont  care too much what the dimmers look
like.......
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 8:15 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] xPL/xAP an alternative to C-Bu$ ?


> Ignoring Mark McCBus for a moment... ;)
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> Yes, there's no reason at all why we can't mix and match environments
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> Clipsal make lovely switches, but even with an open budget I'd still
> flinch at the pricing.
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> Dynalite's kit looked (imo) just as pretty but not quite as
> arm-amputation expensive.
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> And given how reliable X-10 can be when people are using DIN mounted
> LD11s rather than the plugin modules, adding in actual proper status
> reporting using Frank's Probe system...
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> I'd say that a homebrew system that looks the mutt's nuts, is as
> reliable as a proper install, and gives you some change back is
entirely
> possible.
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> Without digging into implementation right now, there are a few ways in
> xPL of getting commands from mundane switches into the control domain
> right now, even easier if we look at Dynalite's RS485 kit...
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> On the actual mains side, again Dynalite, or LD11s, yeah... I can see
> definite possibilities.
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> Add in Frank's probe, some smart xPLHal style glue, and that's one
> pretty sexy system.
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> I guess the problem for me with C-Bus is just the scaling of the whole
> thing... yeah, you buy a Porsche, but you don't buy twenty of them -
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> I can't help but see C-Bus' costs as leading to you choosing to only
> enable bits of the house, rather than the whole thing.
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> Ian.
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