Re: Getting Started Project, advice please

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

New? The CM11A has been around for 8-9 years and the European version (CM12)
for nearly as long. I believe the CM11A protocol documentation dates to
about 1996.

     ftp://ftp.x10.com/pub/manuals/cm11a_protocol.txt

"Dean Roddey" <droddey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Well, there's dead, and there's dead. X-10 is obviously still around and
>lots of people use it. But, it's hard to justify investing more time and
>effort on a supporting a new X-10 controller, particularly a less than
>straightforward one like the CM11. It's just not a technology that many of
>our customers and potential customers are interested in anymore, and we have
>to put our efforts where they make the most customer happy.
>
>-------------------------------------
>Dean Roddey
>Chairman/CTO, Charmed Quark Systems
>www.charmedquark.com
>
>"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:44184f4c.400773984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> While those who frequent a nmessage board dedicated to a (non-budget)
>> software package that does not support X-10 may proclaim the death of
>> X-10,
>> I think it will be a bit harder to kill because of people like you who
>> want
>> a low cost retrofittable solution for HA.
>>
>> You might try to get some advance information from Insteon. They obviously
>> plan to offer Insteon in Europe but when that might be is unknown.
>>
>> Hmmm. Z-Wave started in Europe and it's going to be another year before
>> they
>> will actually offer products in the UK? I suspect Z-Wave will be dead long
>> before X-10.
>>
>> There is a contemporaneous thread here where a rather complete line of
>> (future) Zigbee HA modules is cited. Hawking Technology plans to release
>> their "HomeRemote - Wireless Home Automation" line in a few months. I have
>> no inkling about prices but Hawking tends to price all of their products
>> at
>> low budget levels.
>>
>> An Ocelot still uses X-10 for lights/appliances and requires other modules
>> and hard-wiring for everything else.
>>
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