Re: Getting Started Project, advice please

["Dean Roddey" <droddey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

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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.
>