Time for HA, finally. Thinking Insteon. Mulling this for 20 years. What is best?
was waiting for CeBus, but that petered out. Meanwhile X10 kept going, and going. Then this Insteon system popped up, with the Powerlinc controller that does not require an always-on PC. Could do the PC, but maybe that powerlinc is good enough. What do you suggest?
Goals:
lighting control, mainly fluorescent and incandescent, eventual LED hot water heater GUI, but downloadable to a controller Reliable across phases, low susceptibility to powerline noise Not susceptible to external signals, nor emanating to other homes As reliable as a plug-in light timer Randoming Responsive to sensor signals Time of day/available sunlight ephemeris Longevity for good future expansion
There are a few desired capabilities. How would you satisfy them? X10, Insteon, something else?
Thanks.
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Greg in General Home Automation
