Re: Light switch status

["Martyn Wendon" <martynwendon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anybody using Z-Wave?

Seems like it may be a reasonable fit for my needs?


Martyn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martyn Wendon" <martynwendon@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Light switch status


>I did look at that a while back, but it seemed very expensive (200
notes
>for
> a lightswitch?)
>
> What would I need for a single light (to begin with) and PC control? 
Is
> there xAP or xPL connectivity available?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Martyn
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:22 PM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Light switch status
>
>
>> C-Bus Wireless?
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
>>> Of Martyn Wendon
>>> Sent: 30 January 2010 18:19
>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [ukha_d] Light switch status
>>>
>>> I've been using HomeEasy RF wireless kit for several years
along with
>>> the
>>> excellent RFXCOM Receivers / Transmitters for PC control, but
up until
>>> now
>>> haven't done anything with lighting.
>>>
>>> I've started to replace my light switches with HomeEasy
dimmers which
>>> allow
>>> local on / off / dim control as well as being controllable by
PC.
>>>
>>> None of the HomeEasy kit supports "status" so if a
lightswitch is
>>> controlled
>>> locally the PC doesn't know that fact and this is presenting
me with
>>> some
>>> challenges, particularly as if I send an "On"
command to a lightswitch
>>> that
>>> is already on, it goes into a dimming cycle....
>>>
>>> I guess the above is similar to how X10 started out, so I'm
looking for
>>> any
>>> ideas on how to get the status back into the PC in some
way....maybe
>>> light
>>> sensors in each room....or somehow detecting the electric is
on to the
>>> light
>>> in question?
>>>
>>>
>>> Failing that, I'm not averse to using a different technology
for
>>> lighting,
>>> but would want:
>>>
>>> 1) wireless RF
>>> 2) something simple to retrofit without requiring re-wiring
(all of my
>>> light
>>> switches are switched live only, so I only have live and load
at the
>>> switch)
>>> 3) local control on / off / dim
>>> 4) remote control on / off / dim
>>> 5) status reporting
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Martyn
>>>
>>>
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