Re: X10/Insteon

["none" <none@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Depends on what you mean by solved, it's better than it was 8 years ago.

The devices are better and support more features (like soft on), have a
higher reliability, and better signal detection.

There are a number of new devices to enhance reliability too (signal
repeaters, boosters, two way communication).

There are also a number of new systems, but none of them have the range of
devices, support, and low cost of X-10.

That being said, the major players in the enthusiast category: UPB, Z-Wave,
and Insteon all have their pros and cons (and I would consider all of them
better than X-10).

There is no clear best choice (every system seems to have some major
drawbacks), but I am rather liking Insteon due to its very good backwards
compatibility with X-10 (it's like icing on the cake that the others don't
support) (but Insteon doesn't support 3-phase and there have been so many
device firmware updates it would suck to be one of the first adopters).


"Chris" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:GZaDf.52575$tK4.6944@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 8 years ago I set up x10 controls for the lights throughout my house.  I
am
> now ready to install a system in my new home, and am looking to find out
if
> Insteon or some other system is better than x10?
>
> The things I did not like about the x10 system were:
>
>     poor reliability of 3 way switches
>     delay
>     no soft on
>
> Has x10 resolved these issues or is there a better system out there?
>
> Thanks
> Chris
>
>
>



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