Re: Insteon Compatability with X-10

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You would use the X10 to Insteon Translator. It "hears" the X10 signal
and sends out the appropriate Insteon signal to activate an Insteon
device that's been registered tot the translator. I'm using it now to
translate from the Stargate Controller to Insteon.

From:gymfolks
gymfolks@xxxxxxxxxxx

> Wow, great discussion on my other post.  THANKS you guys!
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> In reading over Insteon's white paper (please reference
> http://www.insteon.net/pdf/insteoncompared.pdf ) I am confused about
> how compatible Insteon really is with older X-10 items (it says
> Insteon devices can switch to X-10 mode) and how to "address the
> older X-10 to Insteon" devices
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> The note below is from the white paper.
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>  1.. At a minimum, X10 compatibility means that INSTEON and X10
> signals can coexist with each other on the powerline without mutual
> interference. INSTEON-only powerline devices do not retransmit or
> amplify X10 signals. But X10 compatibility also means that designers
> are free to create hybrid INSTEON/X10 devices that operate equally
> well in both environments. By purchasing such hybrid devices, current
> users of legacy X10 products can easily upgrade to INSTEON without
> making their X10 investment obsolete. I am NOT a present X-10 user (so
> my question may be a bit "dumb" -
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> How would you set up the addressing so that a security panel (Ademco
> Vista 20) that could send out X-10 signals to the proper Insteon
> device?  I read/understood how Insteon devices "learn to recognize"
> each other, but with "X-10 signaling to Insteon", I am not sure how
> that would be set up.