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At this point it seems clear that IOTivity is immature.  Virtually no products.  CEBus I can't find any products.  SmartThings is owned by Samsung, which I hate.   EnOcean is fascinating and has lots of products, but is all about local control, not remote.  It's very easy to install, but I have...

Thanks Pete, I was afraid of that.  I guess I'll investigate each of my candidates and decide which are promising.   Oh yes, Wikipedia is impossible.  There are gadflies there who masquerade as 'editors', always picking on others but never actually contributing actual content.  I can't even...

As a n00b, uses I can think of ATM are triac dimming, door locks, and measuring amps of all circuits in the breaker box.  I also have cameras but don't see how HA could benefit there.  My property is gated, so maybe intercom and gate control?

I realize that these may be mutually-exclusive, but most important is powerful, meaning bandwidth and usefulness.   I've poured through the 13 standards and have narrowed it down to IOTivity, CEBus, EnOcean, Insteon, and ZWave.  X10 is too long-in-the-tooth.  Wireless is desirable, as is...