Re: Light switch status

["Martyn Wendon" <martynwendon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, it was on the HE forum....and your opinion of him is pretty much
spot
on!

I'm still waiting for a non-dimming on/off light switch that was supposedly
"just around the corner" over 18 months ago!


Martyn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mal Lansell" <mal@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Light switch status


> Martyn Wendon wrote:
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>> The HE light switches are receivers only and thus don't have any
>> mechanism
>> to transmit their status - I believe Byron are working on 2-way
>> switches but
>> they've been saying that for a while now!
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>> Martyn
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> Is that Byron saying it? Or the guy who runs their HomeEasy forum,
> because he seems pretty clueless to be honest!
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> All the HomeEasy gear comes from an OEM in the far east, and identical
> kit is sold around the world under different brand names.  The
> technology doesn't have any support for two-way comms, so don't hold
> your breath on Byron's devices getting that ability any time soon.
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> It's easy to understand why - two-way gear would be a whole lot more
> expensive, and they're aiming at people who want to control a few
> gadgets with a remote (if a command is missed, they'll just press the
> button again).  You'll note there is no PC interface iu the range -
they
> want to keep it all as low cost and simple as possible.
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