Re: new z-wave gateway

["Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Proprietary protocols are high on the list of causes for both problems.

Which is exactly what X-10 was for quite a while.

Please, give it a rest.  X-10's tremendously bad track record for
reliability does not make it a viable solution any longer.

> That's certainly not true.  Jeff's XTB is new and extends X-10's
> capabilities enormously:

One product does not solve a legion of ills.  It's a fine product, from a
small supplier, but it's a band-aid, at best.

> covers the waterfront in terms of making all the stock X-10 RF
> transmitters

X-10 RF != X-10 powerline.  You conflate to entirely different technologies.