Re: ControlThink announces Z-wave SDK

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Actually, there are Zigbee devices for HA. Crestron and Control-4 have
Zigbee based devices and Eaton has announced some products although the last
I saw they had delayed them to solve some unspecified technical problems.
Lusora has a line of geezer monitors based on Zigbee.

But, I suspect you're right in that Zensys finally realized their attitude
towards developers was counter productive and had to be changed if they are
to compete with Zigbee and Insteon.

I think Insteon will likely capture the low cost HA market.

"Tombo" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I was playing around with zigbee with some Motorola modules.   Zigbee was
>all free from the start but they do not have any hardware out yet for home
>automation.    If a kit like this did not come out it would be history for
>Z-wave because it would not be able to take on Zigbee once the hardware
>showed up.    Now I can finally dump my X10.   I did not need all the bells
>and whistles of Homeseer or Charmed Quark.   Great news!
>
>Tom
>
>"Tech-Home" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:1131553366.534699.26750@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Dave Houston wrote:
>>> That should make all the developers who paid thousands for the SDK
>>> ecstatic.
>>
>> Dave I thought you would like this.
>>
>> This is some of the stuff that some doubted me on here regarding inside
>> knowledge. Now that it is official I'm able to talk about it. If
>> you're free tonight stop by www.cocoontech.com for a friendly chat
>> with Chris Walker.
>>
>>
>> I already made the HS guys mad as they deleted my post in their forums.
>> They are in the group that spent a lot of money on Zwave!
>>
>> The Intermatic hardware alone is worth the $129.95
>> http://tech-home.com/product_info.php?products_id=864?
>>
>> Brian
>>
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