Mmmmm remote lighting
by on Jun.02, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
When dealing with devices considered to be house automation I can’t resist some of the recent items produced through consortiums like SmartLabs and the Z-Wave alliance.
Nearly all of the new items produced aren’t really as new as they appear seeing as they could be created before utilizing existing off-the-shelf stuff but now they are accessible as a prebuilt set. That and now you don’t feel like you need a complicated circuit diagram to set things up.

Certainly there exist several resemblances between the various technologies. For example, none of the offerings use cordless items as message repeaters, and almost all products use advanced RF to strengthen signals. With other differences still, it becomes interesting – Rather than endeavor to explain it here and make mistakes, this site Insteon switch does a good job of evaluating any differentiators.
That said anyone with any legal ideas regarding how I can pull together some funds to cover my latest habit, please let me know!