Re: Z-wave

["Rob Iles" <rob.iles@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not me personally, but my employer, yes.

It has to be 18 months+ since I was last involved, but at that time, the
Z-wave equipment supplied to us was of very poor quality (80%+ DOA!). I'm
not going to name names, as I have no idea if the situation has changed, or
if "we" are dealing with them any more.

I didn't mean to turn this into a Z-Wave bashing thread -(When it did work,
it was VERY impressive!) - - - I'm just curious as to whether or not there
is an official UK Retailer/Distributor of Z-Wave Hardware that has a proven
track record, and full backing of the manufacturers back in
....wherever-it-is :)

I will say that it wasn't "LetsAutomate" who we had problems
with, in case
anybody thinks that's what I'm inferring!


No biggy - "nothing to see here" :) ....I'm sure we, in the UK,
will
eventually get a decent supply of stable kit :)

Thanks for you comments, Mal & Chris.

Rob.


On 9/1/07, Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   The only UK Z-Wave retailer I've seen is LetsAutomate, but it sounds
> like you're after a wholesale supplier?
>
> Rob Iles wrote:
>
> > I won't get into boring detail, but the main problem (for me) has
been
> > getting a supplier who can supply Z-Wave kit in a reasonable time
> > frame, and
> > doesn't throw the "Well, it's not actually supported in the
UK" card
> > anytime
> > a problem crops up! - - -hence the request for a UK based
distributor
> > (hopefully acredited by Z-Wave Alliance) - - so that I can place
an
> order,
> > and *expect* it to work, rather than have to worry/make special
> > arrangements
> > before hand about returning kit that doesn't function as
> > expected/described/(in some cases, doesn't work at all!!).
> >
> > As I mentioned above, I've never heard of/dealt with Merten, so
this
> isn't
> > meant to reflect badly on them!!
> >
> > </Rant>
> >
> > R
> >
> > On 9/1/07, Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxx
<cjhunter%40dircon.co.uk>
> > <mailto:cjhunter%
<cjhunter%25>40dircon.co.uk>> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > 'they' being Z-wave or Merten ? The link seems to imply that
Merten
> > > have units available ...
> > >
> > > anyway, don't suppose they are cheap, 'though buying in
Germany would
> > > probably be half as expensive as here ...
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > On 1 Sep 2007, at 09:56, Mal Lansell wrote:
> > >
> > > > They've been claiming that for over a year now, but as
usual with Z-
> > > > Wave
> > > > it's all fur coat and no knickers. I can't find a
single site that
> > > > has
> > > > any of this stuff for sale :-(
> > > >
> > > > Mal
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Chris Hunter wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> 'see Merten do Z-wave now ...
> > > >>
> > > >> http://www.merten.de/html/en/9055.html
> > <http://www.merten.de/html/en/9055.html>
> > > >> <http://www.merten.de/html/en/9055.html
> > <http://www.merten.de/html/en/9055.html>>
> > > >>
> > > >> Chris
> > >
> > >
> >
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> >
> >
>
>
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