RE: Which HA standard to use for first home?

["Nigel Giddings" <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gareth,



I was interested because I too use Comfort to provide the logic for my
C-Bus install.



I use 'standard' light switches (retractive) with C-Bus couplers behind
them (Hersey on this list but it was a SWMBO requirement). I have
arranged the switches like so in each room:



Sw 1 OFF / Scene 1 (Basic Scene for Room)

Sw2 Scene 2 / Scene 3

Sw3 Scene 4 / Scene 5

Sw4 (where fitted) Local control of device (ie Bedside Lamp, En-suite
Light, toilet light (outside lights if I ever get round to fitting
them))



The switches basically toggle the counter between 0 and 255 and comfort
reacts with the settings for the dimmers / relays... I have also managed
to use the 'long push' function to set the counter to 128 but this is
not as intuitive to use and not SWMBO friendly...



Nigel



-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gareth Cook
Sent: 01 December 2008 16:26
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Fw: [ukha_d] Which HA standard to use for first home?



Whole house has DLT's and Saturns (jbox). Comfort can control everything
I
need in CBUS, but CBUS cant control comfort.

Comfort's logic is more than adequate - all I dont get is dynamic DLT
labelling.

Tips and tricks ? Anything in particular ?

Hi Gareth,

Interested to see that you are using Comfort for your C-Bus logic.

I wonder how sophisticated you have got with this and any little tricks
you have developed...

Do you use C-Bus wall plates or conventional light switches?

Nigel

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Sent: 01 December 2008 07:57
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Subject: Fw: [ukha_d] Which HA standard to use for first home?

Duncan

I've now got Comfort connected to my main CBUS network, and some old X10
(which shall soon be retired), and now I also have ZWave.

Comfort has CBUS and ZWave UCM's to control them centrally. I dont use
CBUS
logic at all.

Happy to talk offline if you're interested in any of these.

The prices on your blog seem high - you'll prob find you can get them
for
almost half that price.

Hi

I've been following HA things on and off for a few years, and finally

getting my first home, so am researching more thoroughly now. I've

written a blog post about the different standards I could find and

have settled on ZWave for the moment.

What I'm looking for is some feedback on my blog post, as it details

pretty much all my thoughts of the different standards and I'd like to

know if I'm way off or if there's some options I haven't looked into
yet.

http://www.sample.org.uk/blog/?action=post&post=home_automation_standard
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<http://www.sample.org.uk/blog/?action=post&post=home_automation_standar
<http://www.sample.org.uk/blog/?action=post&post=home_automation_standar
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I'm planning on documenting my whole journey and since the software

I've seen so far is pretty rubbish-looking I may end up writing my

own, which would be Open Source (so far I don't understand xPL well

enough to contribute).

Thanks

Duncan

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