Re: Eaton's Mass Market HA (Zigbee) system

["wkearney99" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I would suggest that x10 does not have a "complete lack of reliability".

Complete?  No, nothing's complete about X10.  Certainly not it's reliability
or robustness.  But hey, I'm just going with experience and being fed up
with it.  I'm really tolerant of gadget oddities but X10's just crap.

> I'm curious what the market is for the Eaton system.
> It senses a number of things but does not indicate that it can control
> ANYTHING nor interface with anything that can do control.

Yeah, it doesn't look like control is what they're after.  Given that
zigbee's supposed to be the next big standard in automation, devices from
other vendors should be compatible (or at least not conflicting)

> We will need to wait see what it can sense, but I don't see a need to tell
> if the TV is on.

Everyone has different needs.  I'm not one to leave the iron on and my
coffee maker already handle turning itself off.  But being able to have
something sense local power state change and trigger other activities would
certainly be handy.  Turn on the TV in a room with lots of late-day glare
and have the blinds automagically adjust.  If it's triggered by the TV
itself drawing current then it eliminates having to play the usual guessing
games with remote controls and power on IR commands.

> All I can see it for is a very low level "security" system.  One of the
> perimeter switches changes, and it dials your cell phone.

And I'm sure lots of folks would like it just for that.  Not me, but hey...