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Re: Open Source



On Feb 12, 8:58=A0pm, Karl Denninger <k...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yeah, ok, "stick a device in the middle."
>
> Nice idea, but for one small problem - now you have to bury a wire out
> there "in the middle" and put something there that is a ZWave device.
>

Did you not see the bit about Z-Wave being designed for low-power for
the purpose of having BATTERY operated devices?

And the suggestion of using an Ethernet Z-Wave interface was to put it
at the dock, with nothing in between, and let WiFi take care of the
transmission over the distance, assuming you have the ability to go
that distance with WiFi.



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