Recent content by JimInSoCal

After 10 years of using power line control for almost every light in my house and fooling with filters and repeaters and still having problems I agree with you 100%. I am convinced that a hard wired system is the only way to get the reliability that most people, except for a few of us...

I use X-10 technology, but not X-10 brand products. There can be a sizable quality difference between X-10 brand and products made by others. I have a large X-10 installation done 8-10 years ago. It is not a technology that I would suggest that anyone use today except, perhaps, for a very...

Thank you for the tip on the orange box to go to the first unread message in a thread and thank you for the info on the INSTEON protocol including an acknolegement from the receiver. INSTEON sure has a lot going on in order to turn a light on. I am not complaining, but I am just amazed at the...

Thanks MikeB and Digger for the very fast replies. And thank you for the reminder Mike about the about the switches being two way. While that feature may degrade te signal, it is one of the things I like about the switches as they tell my controller what their state is - on or off. I have...

I just found this forum and think it is great. I have not paid much attention to what is going on in home automation for a few years and while I had heard of INSTEAON, I did notknow that there were so many other new protocols. It is a pity that the industry did not get together and develop one...

I don't have an Elk controller, but I installed a Stargate controller about 10 years ago and I am sure that if I ever sold my house I would first have to remove it and all of thw switches and other loads that it controls first. If your sprinklers are on their own dedicated controller they have...