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

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>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.

I replaced all of my X-10 modules with Insteon but am still using them in
X-10 mode to get an idea of how badly they affect X-10 signal strength. The
Insteon's configured as X-10 exhibit less reliability (not terribly bad but
noticibly less robust) than the pure X-10 modules. As I was using all
two-way modules before, I don't think this can all be attributed to the
Insteon modules being two-way. I think it means they have less sensitivity
despite the specs which indicate just the opposite.

Of course, I'm not talking about a lot of units. I have one light in each
room that is automated. My spinal cord injury has robbed me of the ability
to see in the dark (My first neurosurgeon told me long ago, "You see in the
dark with your feet.") so I need to be able to turn lights on ahead of and
off behind me using RF remotes.

Once I get roZetta to bed, I'll switch everything to Insteon so I'll be able
to compare the reliability of pure Insteon with both pure X-10 and Insteon
configured as X-10.

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