Re: Re: CBus???

["David Gumbrell" <david.gumbrell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Since everyone is chipping in with alternatives now I guess I have to
shout
for Idratek before it's too late :-)

You have the Cat-5 in place to replace the wall switches with QBIs or DRBs
and can continue to use your existing X-10 stuff and then gradually swap it
out. Admittedly, Idratek dimmers are not quite over the horizon yet, but
very imminent (I use LD-11s at the moment). The wall switches can be
programmed to operate standalone (Reflex) or integrate with everything else
on a PC. Once the bug bites you'll want ceiling mounted PIR or PRS modules
and also consider connecting door switches to the wall switch modules.


Cheers,

Dave

PS: You do not need to use the large audio panels anywhere if you don't
want
them / like the look of them.

On 8/9/06, Chris White <chrisw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>, Mal Lansell
> <mal@...> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Another alternative could be CBus little sister. IHC, central brain,
> no pc to run it (although you need one to program it) especially as
> you already have Cat5e running to most of the switch locations.
>
>


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