Re: Home automation in Europe

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

There are numerous dealers selling X-10 products for the European market.
Marmitek (Sweden) makes them. I do not know the exact relationship between
X-10 and Marmitek.

     http://www.x10europe.com/index.htm
     http://www.marmitek.com/

Remotes _are_ a problem as Europe uses 433.92MHz while the USA uses several
frequencies.

"toni maroni" <mike_bubaREMOVE@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>As I live I Europe, how developed is home automation here/there. I see lots
>of hardwired products and every manufacture has its own solution and what
>personally I don't like is no possibility to combine products from different
>manufactures (not sure if this is true). And this is not the case with X10
>or Z-Wave (those two are communication protocols). E.g. I found 15 different
>(price and design) remote controls for X10 while you have only two ("old"
>and "new" version) from a certain German company. And on the other hand
>hardwired is expensive and difficult to install in "old" house or apartment.
>
>I ask this because the difference between 120 and 230 Volts, so buying in
>the US is not the option (e.g. switches). So are there any European
>companies that develop or sell their on X10 or Z-Wave products for 230
>Volts. Remote controls are not the problem, they go on batteries J
>