Re: Z-Wave, an interesting note

[Neil Cherry <njc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:02:42 GMT, Dave Houston wrote:
> 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/

Oh, that's not nice. Looks like Z-Wave is in for some trouble. Too bad
I was hoping for a wide range of products for the DIY community to
challenge X10 and each other.

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