Fw: CBus control?

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You could go with a CBUS PAC - then all the programming is solid
state,
within CBUS.

And then still use a HomeVision link for linking, other HA, tracking,
logging, etc...

Or HomeSeer. Im testing out the new pjComfort plugin with HomeSeer 2 - and
the Sonos plugin (which seems to work better with HS2)

So far, all up and running well.

G.

Gareth Cook
IT Architect / Project Manager, SWG Sales
IBM SWG Sales - Lotus Park, Staines, TW18 3AG
Office: +44 (0)1784 445166 - Mobile: +44 (0)7980 445166
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Just thinking about CBus and the best way to link it into my existing HA
system and need some thoughts/ideas?

I will be putting CBus lighting and control into my loft conversion and
maybe replacing the whole house lighting system (currently 40 LD11?s and a
few AD10?s). As a rough idea, I?m thinking of 5x 8 channel dimmers, 1x 8
channel relay, a handful of bus couplers, 6-8 DLT?s and a PC Interface.

Amongst other bits, my current HA system comprises of:

Comfort directly linked to
HomeVision Pro
HA Server running:
HomeSeer 2
Loads of xAP apps
MainLobby server
Etc?

The options I?m aware of for the CBus control are the Comfort CBus UCM or
possibly Kevin?s upcoming (are you still working on this Kevin?)
HomeVision CBus controller?

Any other methods I should be considering? What are the ad/disadvantages
of each of these methods?

I can?t see any problems so far with using a software/PC based method as
the control scenarios I can envisage are not time or mission-critical, so
the unreliability of a PC vs hardware maybe isn?t such an issue? My HA
system is pretty stable now.

Any other thoughts/ideas?

Cheers,

Paul.





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