Must…buy… Z-Wave
by on May.12, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
With regards to things related to house automation I’m a big fan of the new items being released through consortiums like Home Automation Inc and the Z-Wave alliance.
Many of these new products being released aren’t really as big a deal as they claim because they has been accomplished previously utilizing available standard stuff but now they are available as a nice package. That and now you don’t feel like you need fluke testers around the house to get it working.
Upon closer inspection there are quite a few resemblances between the major players. For instance, none of the offerings use portable products as signal boosters, and nearly all devices use radio frequency as a backup. Digging deeper however, it gets more a bit complex – I could attempt to outline it here and make mistakes, this site ISY-99 Insteon has good discussions highlighting some of the discrepancies.
Now anybody having good ideas for tricks to earn a bit of funds to cover the new dependence, don’t hesitate to let us know!
