newbee Q: X10 experience ?
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Posted by Freaking Media on February 14, 2005, 11:07 pm
Please log in for more thread options Does anyone have practical experience with the X10 home automation modules. They seem OK but I heared rumours like the X10-system isn't reliable ? flxy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Brian on February 15, 2005, 1:13 am
Please log in for more thread options X10 can be realiable but may take some work to get it this way. Noise on the powerline can cause alot of problems. If you go with X10 buy quaility products, a coupler/repeater, a few filters, and a signal tester can be a great asset. Some have great luck with X10 others just get frustrated. It can take some time trouble shooting issues. For me this was too much to get a system working so I installed Zwave, a RF solution. -- Brian Dye ------------------------------------- brian@tech-home.com http://tech-home.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Freaking Media on February 15, 2005, 10:30 pm
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> It depends what you mean by reliability. I have about 25
> X10 modules controlling household and landscape lighting > via a CM11A computer interface. It's been operating for > about 7-8 years. In that time I've only very rarely had > a light fail to turn on or off at its programmed time. > > I had one wall-switch module go bad for the first time > last year. (Note: my wall-switch modules are only rarely > operated manually - that is an apparent weak spot in the > design of the X10-manufactured units.) > > However there are a number of factors whereby other users > could have a very different experience from mine. > > I would never use X10 in any situation where personal injury, > damage to property, or substantial financial loss would > result from failure of the X10 system to perform as expected. > Thanks, are there more reliable alternatives ? Flxy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Markus Baertschi on February 15, 2005, 11:07 pm
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Freaking Media wrote: > Thanks,
> are there more reliable alternatives ? > Flxy > There are the professional, hardwired solutions. Very reliable, but quite expensive, especially if you want to start small and do it yourself. Some new RF technologies are starting to come up, but the product line are still very limited. Markus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Brian on February 16, 2005, 6:45 am
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Just a few Zwave (RF) UPB (Powerline but better technology) Zigbee(Soon) RF SMarthome is about to introduce a RF & powerline mix (Insteon) Several hardwire options they are the best if you have acess to running the wires Lightolier (has plc and hardwire options) Very realiable Lutron Several others but just wanted to throw a few out. -- Brian Dye ------------------------------------- brian@tech-home.com http://tech-home.com >> It depends what you mean by reliability. I have about 25
>> X10 modules controlling household and landscape lighting >> via a CM11A computer interface. It's been operating for >> about 7-8 years. In that time I've only very rarely had >> a light fail to turn on or off at its programmed time. >> >> I had one wall-switch module go bad for the first time >> last year. (Note: my wall-switch modules are only rarely >> operated manually - that is an apparent weak spot in the >> design of the X10-manufactured units.) >> >> However there are a number of factors whereby other users >> could have a very different experience from mine. >> >> I would never use X10 in any situation where personal injury, >> damage to property, or substantial financial loss would >> result from failure of the X10 system to perform as expected. >> >
> Thanks, > are there more reliable alternatives ? > Flxy > > > | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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