Recent content by stevech

Wouldn't it depend on what Z-wave based product you evaluate? I wonder too, with GE and their distributors bailing on Z-Wave, if enough solid vendors stay with it to make it appealing.

you know about the Save TV user forum, right?

That device from Privacy Corps is also sold by HelloDirect. It doesn't fix the problem of call-waiting. Telemarketers calling while we're on a call. I spent some time on this one persistent telemarketer. The Caller ID # is spoofed. I called around AT&T (my not beloved provider now since SBC...

I have a Dallas DS9097U one-wire interface on my PC. I'm using Dallas' DLL/OCX library for the interface and their temperature and humidity sensors. That libary is a bit complicated. My application is written in VB6 and has been running 24/7 for years. Their libraries are on their website. The...

Perhaps OBE by now, but Apple's Wireless LAN stuff is by my experience compatible with what the rest of the world calls IEEE 802.11 and WiFi. They use different terminology. In 802.11 (except for 802.11i, new), there are but two encryption key lengths: called 64 and 128 bits in WiFi. Apple...