Re: No more X10 at Radio Shack?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>And saying that, you believe that LutronRA is immune from the same problems
>that hobbled X-10?  Do they have a lock on how many RF devices are going to
>appear in the average house 30 years from now?  I doubt it.  They are going
>to be vulnerable to the same issues that X-10 faced - namely more and more
>interference from other devices on their chosen transmission medium.  Tell
>us your FCC ID number.  That way we can look up who else has access to that
>frequency and what the potential for future trouble might be.  Again, to
>fairly compare, we need a crystal ball to see what Lutron will be up against
>in RF interference 30 years from now.

IIRC they use 418MHz ASK which is shared with all the Powermids (and similar
IR extenders), Philips Pronto (and similar RF-capable touchscreen remotes),
etc. so the potential for interference is there. However, any such device
that is following FCC rules on radiated power will have very limited range
so, as a practical matter, it's only on-site devices that might cause
problems.

Unfortunately, RadioRA uses a very long and complex code which makes it
difficult to use directly with something like the Pronto.

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