Re: HA Primer - Pos and cons of X-10, Z-wave, Insteon, UPB

["\"Fat Tony\" D'Amico " <none@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Houston wrote:

>As I recall, you said your house was 2500 ft² on two levels not the 40,000
>ft² on one level that Bass claims 4 hops will cover. Your test doesn't
>address the issue in any way since no one has said 4 hops is inadequate with
>the distances involved in your house.
>
>Aside from mentioning the Lutron patent and the reference to the imaginary
>40,000 ft² house which you quoted, the only statement I made about Z-Wave
>was, "Z-Wave requires a minimal density of modules to assure coverage. This
>plus their 4 hops max limits the physical size of a network although one
>supplier now offers a system with 7 hops max." I don't see where that is
>either negative or inaccurate unless you're claiming that your 16 device
>system will work equally well in the imaginary 40,000 ft² house.



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