RE: DIN-rail switches, dimmers, etc - why ?

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> the DIN-rail approach has been around for a while, of course, but
I'm
> struggling to understand the logic in the modern HA context ... it
> means wiring things (individual things, small groups of things) all
> the way back to the consumer unit (or other such) ... which is not
> very economical in terms of wiring, and a lot more hassle when fault-
> finding, surely ?

Not at all ... having all the control equipment in one place makes
faultfinding *MUCH* easier!
=20
> I know great arrays of DIN units, with their LEDs, can look
> impressive, but isn't that approach is redundant now that full views
> of what's going-on can be had via Cortex (in this case), Homeseer,
> Indigo, etc ... wouldn't it be  better to have the control units
> close to what they're controlling, in a less obtrusive format ... ??

Erm ... In any "normal" install (i.e not us odd people who like
being able
to intimately fondle the technology) such user interfaces aren't really
liked at all ... people don't want to see the guts of what's going on in
their systems, they just want a nice friendly face to it all and *NO-ONE*
with a =A35m house wants someone raving out a ceiling to replace a dimmer
p=
ack
that's blown - all that stuff should be down in the equipment rooms with
al=
l
the boilers and other control gear.

> I'm missing something ...

;-)

Phil