Hi,
There seems to be a lot of talk about the quality of Insteon switches and hardware.
Are they really that prone to dying? The wiring is pretty easy so changing them out isn’t challenging but I could see it being annoying if it happened often. The warranty support seems to be pretty good, but again I would prefer to have something that works well.
Do the switches work up & down (up for on, down for off)? I believe the Zwave switches have the bottom do on & off & I am not sure what the top part of the switch does.
Is there a delay when pressing the wall switches & the light coming on?
Are their any in wall power outlets (I cant seem to find any)? How well does Insteon work with CQC (can you make it do pretty much whatever you want)?
Is there some way to make a remote control turn the Insteon lighting (aside from that new product remote)? Can you get somehow use the X10 remotes to access the Insteon without using the X10 protocol (the remotes are cheap & easy to use)?
Is the Insteon protocol different from X10? How does Insteon control X10 if the protocol is different?
Does the Insteon protocol support the 2 way communication / letting you know the switches current status in CQC or other software?
Does Insteon work more reliably without any X10 hardware in the mix (Insteon only vs Insteon with X10)?
Does Insteon really have a mesh network (lots of people on the forum say this is not the case).
The Insteon, has plug in units so I do not need to do rewiring to join the two 100amp circuits? I think they just came out with something new which does that & maybe RF as well (that area is a little fuzzy to me).
I could see using Zwave & possibly another item as well (as Zwave currently doesnt offer much).
Thanks,
Rich
There seems to be a lot of talk about the quality of Insteon switches and hardware.
Are they really that prone to dying? The wiring is pretty easy so changing them out isn’t challenging but I could see it being annoying if it happened often. The warranty support seems to be pretty good, but again I would prefer to have something that works well.
Do the switches work up & down (up for on, down for off)? I believe the Zwave switches have the bottom do on & off & I am not sure what the top part of the switch does.
Is there a delay when pressing the wall switches & the light coming on?
Are their any in wall power outlets (I cant seem to find any)? How well does Insteon work with CQC (can you make it do pretty much whatever you want)?
Is there some way to make a remote control turn the Insteon lighting (aside from that new product remote)? Can you get somehow use the X10 remotes to access the Insteon without using the X10 protocol (the remotes are cheap & easy to use)?
Is the Insteon protocol different from X10? How does Insteon control X10 if the protocol is different?
Does the Insteon protocol support the 2 way communication / letting you know the switches current status in CQC or other software?
Does Insteon work more reliably without any X10 hardware in the mix (Insteon only vs Insteon with X10)?
Does Insteon really have a mesh network (lots of people on the forum say this is not the case).
The Insteon, has plug in units so I do not need to do rewiring to join the two 100amp circuits? I think they just came out with something new which does that & maybe RF as well (that area is a little fuzzy to me).
I could see using Zwave & possibly another item as well (as Zwave currently doesnt offer much).
Thanks,
Rich