Re: RF light switch

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Given that the point of both the Echelon white paper and the Spread Spectrum
article is that free air range is not an indicator of indoor range, I'd say
your point was pointless.

"wkearney99" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> And adding a switch to an outbuilding won't really add much data to the
>> issue of "indoor" range.
>
>Err, yeah I suppose, my point being one of distance coverage.  The repeater
>being inside the home, in a basement up near the floor joists, and the
>outbuilding being some 60' away through brick-on-block 50's era
>construction.  My furthest switch currently is beyond the recommended
>distance and works quite reliably, in an area known to cause WiFi and
>cordless phone trouble (recognizing the frequency differences).  My point
>being that RadioRA seems quite a bit more useful than some others.  I look
>forward to being able to try zigbee devices in this same setup, presuming of
>course that someone actually starts shipping them through something other
>than $tealership channels.
>
>> As for the crappy X-10 RF stuff, I get 150-200' range and for much less
>than
>> the cost of a single RadioRA device.
>
>True, X10 RF seems quite a bit less horrible than their PLC stuff.
>Excepting, of course, that X10's RF devices don't do what the RadioRA stuff
>does.  It's sort of apples and oranges.  I do plan on continuing to use the
>RF aspects of some X10 remotes, just not their PLC devices.  A few slim
>switches tied into a WF800 and Homeseer will compliment the RadioRA wall
>switches quite nicely.