Re: EIB versus CBUS

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Heh - you only need to come up with xAP for iPhone (or any thing else
Apple) and you might actually get Ian's head to explode ;-)

Back on topic...

One thing that's always bothered me about solutions like C-Bus is that
the dimmers come in big expensive blocks of eight.  Since dimmers in
general appear to die of fright when a bulb blows, I wonder how this is
dealt with.

Can you swap out an individual dimmer?  Do you leave some free for
"spares"? Do you just make sure you have space for another 8 pack
if one
goes out?  Or are C-Bus dimmers a much tougher breed than I'm used to?

Mal



Kevin Hawkins wrote:
>
> On reflecting on my last post I guess it comes over as veering OT and
> yet again campaigning for xAP. That wasn't the intent... I was trying
> to convey that creating HA interaction inside a single manufacturers
> product range is usually very easy and it's only when you step outside
> of their world that things become more challenging, particuarly as the
> information becomes richer eg html, XML, TV listings, databases, music
> ,pictures and video etc. Within that context was the message that
> whichever system you choose you should be either happy with its
inbuilt
> capabilities or have a route to expand it as your needs demand.
>
> I would still be interested on the 'resilience' aspect that Chris
cited
> as for me C-Bus is first rate. If it's a physical build quality I
can't
> sensibly comment as I haven't experienced EIB or Idratek but C-Bus
again
> seems really well built. If it's technical I'm interested to know what
> more these alternative systems could offer.
>
> Lastly after using C-Bus for a while now - yes, there are some things
I
> just wish they'd done differently, some of which might have made the
> product slightly more expensive but there you go.....I'm sure that's
> true whatever system you put in.
>
> Kevin
>
>