Re: The problems with X10 ...

["Thack" <thack@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think the real problem is a serious lack of competition.  The reliability,
performance, durability and overall quality is crap.  BUT - there is simply
no other product that provides X10-like functionality.  It must be wonderful
to have an entire marketplace to yourself for years, but it certainly
doesn't encourage quality improvements.

Jim said "buy cheap, get crap".  The trouble is, you can't buy expensive,
good quality X10 if you try.  (At least, not that I know of).

If someone were to market a competitive product with the same functionality
as X10 but proper reliability and durability, I'd switch over to it
tomorrow.

Having said all that, once I'd weeded out all the rubbish modules and got
down to a set that seems to work and keep working, I've had reasonably good
service.  There are still switching failures (a device doesn't respond to an
event sent by the CM12), but it's not like I'm running someone's life
support system off it.

And don't get me started on the CM12!!  It's a shameful piece of rubbish
which should have been sorted out years ago.

Thack