Re: CBus / X10 Opinions please

["john nye" <wajcn50@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David,

As someone with quite a bit of X10 stuff I'd probably go with something
like
Cbus if starting afresh.

Don't get me wrong, X10 can be good, quick and easy to implement, and I
know
that it is very reliable for some people. And on the whole it has been for
me, but the downer is that sometimes it just doesn't work. As an example we
have led's that come on at night when going into the ensuite (high WAF),
but
if my lad is visiting and has his laptop plugged in they do not work -:(

So if you are looking for ultra reliability (for now and the future) I
would
steer away from X10.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "David" <david@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:16 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] CBus / X10 Opinions please


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.



Thanks is advance

David