Re: CBus / X10 Opinions please

["christopher purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

Whats that - think of a number of wires and treble it ?

Seriously - I have had X10 and CBUS and I don't really think there is much
of a comparison. When X10 works it is fine but in my particular case it was
flakey - the WAF was low.

We have a complete house CBUS installation and it is designed to be rock
solid - very high WAF factor.  Interestingly, CBUS now has the PAC
controler
which will do the homeseer/comfort/homevison role for you in a rock solid
way. If you buy it instead of the normal cbus pc interface is only a few
extra ££.

Chris

( Using CBUS / Mainlobby / Homeseer / Comfort / Russound)



>From: Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] CBus / X10 Opinions please
>Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:25:39 +0100
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>David wrote:
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> >I would like peoples opinions please on the CBus X10 argument. I’m
> >having a new home being built and it will be time to put in the
wiring
> >in the next few weeks and I am completely unable to decide on CBus
or
> >X10. I know on the surface everyone will yell CBus because of
> >reliability but I have had a small X10 system in my current home
and
> >never had one problem with it. Obviously pricing is expensive on
CBus
> >but I want to make a wise informed decision for the future. I also
use
> >HomeSeer and MainLobby can I integrate CBus in to HomeSeer so that
the
> >graphical MainLobby program will control the CBus and also report
> >status. I would rather not buy comfort or homevision to do
integration
> >as I already have an HA Controller.
> >
> >
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>Cat5 is cheap. Installing it retrospectively is expensive.
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>So, wire for cbus now, and decide later. Or use both.
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>(Oh and be sure to follow the UKHA sanctioned protocol for choosing how
>much cat5 to put in)
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>Jim
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