Re: Insteon - WOW

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

I suspect this is more a matter of topology rather than purely some quantity
of units per cubic foot. Signal attenuation due to length of wiring runs is
minimal but attenuation is highly correlated with the number of terminations
so the area of an installation can stand as a proxy for attenuation. IOW,
having the units spaced more or less evenly is probably a factor given that
each acts as a repeater. In general, the more units deployed the more likely
they are spaced optimally.

Insteon will be affected by the same signal sinks that affect X-10 although
the repeater effect will counteract them to some degree. Insteon should be
less prone to noise or, at least, be bothered by a far narrower band of
frequencies than X-10.

"none" <none@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Also, it has been reported that Insteon needs a certain number of devices to
>reach critical mass. I found that in my house, with a few devices it was
>100% reliable, then as I added more devices it got less reliable (probably
>the powerline two way signal sucking problem), but as I added even more
>devices it got reliable again.