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RE: CBus???



> If CBus is too pricy, you might want to hold off for a few months
and
> try Z-Wave - there are plugin-in dimmers & appliance modules
available
> now, and UK switches are supposed to be on sale before the end of the
> year. The cost is about 50% more than the X10 equivalent, but you get
> status reporting and none of the delays.

I looked, but again you are reliant on a PC for control from what I can
see.
Not what I'm after as I just don't trust them to do anything remotely
important as far as HA is concerned.

> UPB (Universal Powerline Bus) is another new technology that works in
> the same way as X10 but is miles better. It's taking off in the States
> -
> it will be interesting to see if it ever makes it over here...

We'll get the Ugly Sister version that's been cut down on features and
hiked
up in price.

Jaded, no, not I. ;)

K.




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