Re: Searching for a easy communication home automation system

["Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Florent Clairambault" wrote:
>
> Thank you for your answer
>
>> As I noted in my response to your email, I don't think Insteon is
>> available
>> yet for 230V/50Hz so you will likely need to concentrate on other
>> systems.
>
> We could use it with a 230V to 120V converter. It's a school school
> project, so if we can't use it our home, it's not really a problem.
> And Insteon is supposed to come in Europe, at the end of 2007 /
> beginning of 2008.
>
>> Unless things have changed, Zensys wants a lot of money for their
>> Z-Wave
>> SDK. I'm not a fan of Z-Wave but there may be others here who can
>> help.
>
> Yes, it's too expansive. But as I said, it's a school project, we
> won't sell it, so we don't really care about copyrights. If we can
> find a serial controller and a way to use it, that would be great.

HomeSeer sells a serial interface for Z-Wave.