Re: X10 still around?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> -- Is the technology  proprietary ?
>
>A serious worry with the plethora of X-10 replacements that have recently
>arrived.  As long as it's backed by a lot of manufacturers, it's probably
>OK.  I can see a lot of also-rans like Z-wave and Insteon falling by the
>wayside if Zigbee really catches on.  The small shop technologies are
>usually the first to go when something relatively standard comes along.

ZigBee is only standardized at the radio network level. The standardization
should keep costs low as manufacturers will not have to develop that
technology but won't keep manufacturers from having their own proprietary
communications protocols.