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.

No, you still haven't grasped what it does. It amplifies the PLC (i.e.
PowrLine Control) signal of any X10 PLC transmitter plugged into it.

Any receiver, including light switches, will benefit from the stronger
control signals. If you have switches that also transmit (some Leviton, some
Switchlinc) their output will not be amplified but that's usually an
insignificant part of the "usual suspects" when it comes to X-10 problems.
There's a dearth of software that does anything with the feedback signals
from such switches.

>So an XTB solution is really about eliminating x10 signals generated
>directly from user input, and using RF instead.

Not even close. I think you lack an understanding of the fundamentals and
your X-10 system performance likely suffers as a result.

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