RE: CBus second thoughts...

["christopher purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

I think you are on the right track about the whole house. As long as you
intend to do the whole house eventually I still think it makes sense.

I have had futronix ir in the past and didn't really see the point once I
had it. It was as easy just to stand up and hit the lights.

I think the power of cbus come for a few places....

1:  Scenes - these are fab - assuming you have a few circuits in your main
rooms + possibly 5amp floorstanders etc you can really creating stunning
lighting. I also believe CBUS is good value here as a dlt can hold 8 scenes
in it (10 circuits per scene).

2: Whole house control - can't emphasise enough how cool it is to turn off
all the lights from your bedside switch.

3. Integration .... my CBUS switches can turn my sprinklers on and off /
oipen and shut curtains all from a very natural interface. CBUS also has a
lot of logic capability built in / timers etc. You can get a lot of desired
behaviour without ever involving another system.

4. CBUS adds value to a house - if you ever sell its a decent system that
will not need ripping out.

Chris




>From: Phil Dye <phil@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] CBus second thoughts...
>Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:55:30 +0000
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>Damn... just as I thought I had it all planned out, I'm having second
>thoughts over whether CBus is the right thing to stick in the new
>extension (and retrofit elsewhere).
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>As I see it, to get any real benefit, I need to do the whole-house (or
>near as damn it), and use some automation/intelligence. Otherwise, I'm
>spending a stack of cash for just "fancy dimmer switches",
when I
>could just as easily use 'dumb' dimmers.
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>Which has got me thinking - if I'm not going to get around to doing
>much clever HA stuff (I know, I know, "what the hell am I doing
here
>then", but I really can't see that I will), then I may as well use
a
>lesser technology; which has led me to look at standalone scene
>dimmers, and the favourite being Futronix. This at least has IR, so
>there's potential for some clever stuff later if I really want.
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>HELP.... Am I losing the plot, has SWMBO gotten to me, or am I
>actually thinking intelligently (and keeping the CBus cash for
>something else ;) ???
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>--
>phil
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