Re: HomeEasy Wireless Home Automation - Review

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

Daft question - who / what is the "Purple Site" referring
to?

On 03/02/2008, Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   Heh - not sure I like my xPLMonkey apps being referred to as
"baffling
> Windows nonsense", but I guess I should appreciate the shout at
least ;-)
>
> But on the subject of HomeEasy and PC control, I've bought pretty much
> every HomeEasy device, and have been testing with the RFXCOM receivers
> and transmitters.
>
> It seems that every dimmer or switch module can be controlled by the
> DomiaLite (aka KlikOn-KlikOff) protocol as sent by the RFXCOM
> transmitter. This makes sense, since some of the HomeEasy remotes use
> this protocol too (HE-200 Timer Remote and the HE-403 Outdoor PIR).
> This means you can already control everything with an RFXCOM
> transmitter, in the same way as you would X10 RF devices - i.e
> on/off/bright/dim.
>
> However, if you want to be able to send a command to set a dimmer to
an
> exact level (rather than just dim / bright commands), that requires
the
> use of the second RF protocol employed by all the other HomeEasy
> transmitters (keyfob, stick-on wall switches, Ultimate remote etc). A
> new RFXCOM transmitter should be available in the near future which
will
> be capable of sending commands in this format.
>
> The RFXCOM receiver will pick up commands from the
DomiaLite-compatible
> HomeEasy transmitters (HE-200 Timer Remote and the HE-403 Outdoor
PIR),
> but not the others which use the new protocol. With that in mind,
> HomeEasy looks like a great budget solution operating independently of
a
> PC, but with the PC able to send out it's own commands. If you don't
> need every user command to go via the computer for potential blocking
or
> modification, then HomeEasy may well be the X10 replacement you've
been
> waiting for.
>
> Mal
>
> Mark McCall wrote:
> >
> > Submission by Ant (in his usual entertaining style!)
> >
> > This morning I was primed to settle down to a normal day's work
when
> Chaos
> > on the UK Home Automation IRC Channel mentioned something about
"B&Qs
> > HomeEasy automation stuff", and that pretty much put paid to
the rest of
> > the morning. We turfed up the website but there was precious
little
> > information on there besides the usual marketing guff. So, time
for an
> > in-depth review for Automated Home. Is this the successor to X10
I've
> > been looking for? Read on to find out and check out the rest of
the
> > photos and the video...
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/3bxbjv <http://tinyurl.com/3bxbjv>
> >
> > M.
> >
> >
>
>
>


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