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Re: Insteon compatibility

Subject: Re: Insteon compatibility
From: "Dennis Brothers" <mysurname@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:16:38 -0400
Newsgroups: comp.home.automation
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"Ward Abbott" <presby@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Is the Insteon system compatible with X-10 modules?  Is this more
> reliable than the existing technology?
>
All current Insteon modules (where it makes sense) can be configured to
respond to X10 commands in addition to Insteon, making it easy to add them
to X10-based systems.

Insteon protocol itself is way more reliable than X10 for two reasons (IMO):
all commands are ACKed (or NAKed); and every Insteon device functions as a
repeater, so signal level issues are pretty much eliminated.

HTH -
    - Dennis Brothers

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