Re: Z-Wave, an interesting note

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Neil Cherry <njc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Right now another gentleman (also a David but not ours :-), the author
>of the Misterhouse Perl module, and I are playing with the Levition
>Vizia RS232 interface. What I noticed was that the Intermatic Z-Wave
>module I'm using needs to be polled to find out there have been any
>changes to the module such as a command sent by a remote. David has
>found that the Vizia modules report changes unlike the Intermatic
>modules. That's very interesting. I don't know what remote(s) he
>has/may have but I'll ask.

Lutron says the two-way RF operation of the Vizia dimmers infringes on their
patents and is one of the reasons Lutron sued Leviton.

http://www.digitalhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=0&articleID=451584
http://www.cepro.com/article/lutron_sues_leviton_over_rf_lighting_controls/



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