Re: Home automation methods ...Cbus, X10, Zwave....

["mark_harrison_uk2" <mph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Richard Malcolm-Smith <rich@i...> wrote:

> Who is IPHaus?

Scandinavian company who've been around for about 15 years in the
commercial/industrial space, now looking to move into the domestic arena.

Bus wired system - the DIN rail units look "a bit industrial",
but
apart from that looks good. I'll check on UK availability.

> Also, is dynalite available over in the UK? Local sparkys I have
talked to have
> raved about it, one had issues with the cbus dimmers leaving a dc
offset on the
> output causing overheats of wirewound transformers.

Dynalite is the old name - they are now know as "iLight", and are
indeed available in the UK. www.ilight.co.uk. Good range of ballasts -
from memory about the first to launch a UK LED-dimming ballast about
18 months ago (though I'm sure someone will now tell me that XXX beat
them to it.)

The other thing that is, of course, HUGE in continental Europe is EIB.
I always feel that I'm slightly missing the point with EIB - I still
don't _quite_ get it. That having been said, the only bunch who come
close to matching CBus in terms of range of looks for the faceplates.
(That having been said, some, such as Flexidim, or for that matter,
X10, make it very, very, easy to integrate third party switches.)

One of these days I must write an article comparing the different
systems for automatedhome....

Regards,

Mark