Re: XTB, reliablity, etc.

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

craft.brian@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>I understand what it does. It just doesn't help much for wired devices
>that send x10. It only helps for things you plug in, which are RF
>transponders and PC/microcontrollers. So, to actually use the XTB, you
>will end up moving all of the user inputs to RF so they can be relayed
>through a transponder to the XTB. Wired transmitters such as light
>switches won't benefit. Even if you pop open the XTB and wire it
>in-line with a wired controller, you'd need one at every location you
>want to put a controller, which would be expensive and difficult to
>install.
>
>So an XTB solution is really about eliminating x10 signals generated
>directly from user input, and using RF instead.



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