Re: Time for HA, finally. Thinking Insteon. Mulling this for 20 years. What is best?

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm using most of the Insteons in X10 mode until the RoZetta is ready.
The problem is that I have everything programmed in my Stargate and
there is no Insteon equivalent to the Stargate. Alas, Stargate only
sends X10 so I need to translate the X10 signals to Insteon.  The
Insteon translator that I got as a beta is frozen in some unknown mode
and has lost about half of the programmed translations.  Once I have the
RoZetta installed (soon!) I will be able to pretty much eleiminate X10
signaling entirely.

  At that point the XTB II will most likely move to my Houston home
which will continue to use X10. I will, however, use XTB I units to
amplify signals from X10 controllers that I still may need.

 Marc_F_Hult wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:33:31 -1000, "BruceR"
> <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> <459d649d$0$8958$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Jeff, Right you are about X10 reliability falling off as more Insteon
>> devices are installed but you, sir, have solved that problem (at
>> least for me) with your XTB II product.  I have about 60 Insteon
>> devices right now and untill installing the XTB II the X10 signals
>> were almost worthless evem with an ACT repeater.  Now, with the XTB
>> II installed at a panel and in TW523 emulation mode, I have no X10
>> problems at all!
>
> Bruce,
>
> Please refresh my memory. Why is it that you use INSTEON in the X-10
> compatibility mode rather than natively?
>
> The native mode has numerous capabilities that (at least) legacy X-10
> does not including signal repeating, the ability to 'discover'
> INSTEON devices, give them names/descriptors ("bathroom mirror
> light") and download them to the devices for future reference,
> determine device type and revision number, and so on.
>
> Are these capabilities also available in the X-10 compatibility mode?
>
> TIA ... Marc
> Marc_F_Hult
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