Everyone asks about remote lighting
by on Dec.26, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
As with all devices associated with automation I can’t resist all the new devices coming out by vendors such as SmartLabs and Power Control Systems.
It should be noted that these latest products coming out shouldn’t be considered in reality as revolutionary as evolutionary since these things likely had been accomplished previously utilizing other off-the-shelf products but instead now they’re available as a organized package. Another perk is these kits don’t need fluke testers around the house to figure it out.
Looking closer we see many parallels with the various technologies. For instance, not one of the technologies use handheld remote devices as RF boosters, and it’s hard to find one that doesn’t use radio frequency one way or another. Looking deeper however, it becomes more complicated – Rather than venture to outline it here and make a bunch of errors, this place Insteon vs X10 has good discussions analyzing the discrepancies.
Now if you have any legal ideas for tricks to make some funds to fund our latest compulsion, comment below and pass it along!
