Re: Insteon - WOW

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well I've just learned something new. I was told, by the Insteon product
people, that if you program an Insteon device as X10 it will not respond
to Insteon commands and vice versa so I've never tried it. Of course,
the whole point in replacing the X10 stuff is to use the Insteon
protocol.  The purpose of a translator is to allow an X10 controller,
such as Stargate, to send Insteon signals. If an X10 signal is used the
benefits of Insteon are lost.


> I said Insteon was backwards compatible with X10, not that X10 was
> compatible with Insteon.
>
> Any X10 controller can control any current Insteon device and any
> Insteon controller can control any X10 device (with the limitation
> being Insteon
> devices only support X10 pre-set dim commands and not regular X10 dim
> commands).
>
> The translator is only needed if you wanted to use Insteon protocol
> (main
> reason you'd want a translator) or for a potential future Insteon
> device
> that does not natively support X10. (However, when you see how
> superior
> Insteon is to X10, you'll want to switch everything over to Insteon).
> (A
> third reason would be for those that'd rather program X10<->Insteon
> mappings through software rather than going through the hassle of
> programmign X10 addresses, which is a hassle if you aren't using
> decent home automation
> software.)
>
> Insteon devices are not either Insteon or X10, they support both at
> the same
> time. X10 is ignored unless an X10 address is programmed into the
> Insteon
> device. On devices set up as both Insteon and X10 when communicating
> to
> another device also set up as dual Insteon/X10, Insteon takes priority
> (according to SmartHome). SmartHome canceled their translator because
> they realized it wasn't needed (and you can still get the translator,
> it is a
> free download for developers - which only costs $99 and you get a PLC
> and
> LampLinc (which, I think was the same price as the translator)).
>
> So, again, Insteon natively speaks X10, and for most people in most
> circumstances no translator is needed. (And from what I understad, the
> RoZetta is going to be more than just a translator)
>
> "BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:egYYf.42339$%d.7644@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>>> Also, Insteon is backwards compatible with X10, so just about any
>>> X10 controller can also control Insteon (Insteon devices support
>>> 256 X10 scenes
>>> with each scene having individual brightness and ramp levels).
>>>
>> Not so, my friend. While any X10 controller can control an Insteon
>> device that is programmed as an X10 device, they cannot control an
>> Insteon device that is setup as an Insteon device unless their is an
>> X10 to Insteon translator online. Smarthome never went beyond Beta
>> with their's but RoZetta should be available in the near future.
>>
>>
>
>
>
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