I have been looking at the different technologies and it came down to ZWave and UPB. I think that UPB will be the choice but I want some help confirming my observations. I don't want to get into a bashing match because I feel both technologies seem to have plenty of pro and less cons. I am impressed with the specs on both.
I use 900 MHz in my business so there is alot of testing that I do at home that could cause an issue for ZWave or make me more careful in that testing. Alot of WISPs use 900 MHz in rural areas. I will probably have some of both technologies running.
The deciding factor was the switch product availability and RF interference potential in my situation. It looked to me like ZWave was single switches to control each load and then the Scene Controllers were separate and could not control a load directly. Did I miss some products? There are some really big vendors behind it and that gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. But I need the scene and load control in one device, I don't have extra room or want to run for separate scene control switches.
I like the Simply Automated modular switch product and seems pretty cool and flexible for future needs. So here are my questions and clarifications needed.
There seems to be less support for UPB then ZWave and smaller manufacturers choosing it. Is UPB product on the way out or just newer and building up? Why has a big guy like Leviton not done any UPB?
Are different UPB products pretty compatible? Like HAI, Simply and PCS all playing nice together?
Next is the noise on the system and what I have running makes me think that it may not work. I have about 10 large HP servers running in a rack and air conditioners and other things that my reading has me thinking it could be an issue. I don't see any way to filter/clean up those high loads. Any thoughts from folks out there on this? I am planning to get starter kit to do some testing and that is probably the best way to confirm it.
Next question is on derating and combining switches in multi gang boxes. If we are using the HAI 15A relay switch or configuring a switch for on/off mode only are those switches not part of the derating equation? I have read it several times and it is still a little unclear to me.
How is the quality of the Simply Automated switches? They only come with a 2 year warranty. PCS gives a nice 5 year so that makes me feel they are very confident in their quality.
I really like the dual load simply automated switches and can see alot of places where I could put them in to control some lights and open up some space to use a 15A HAI to control a fan or heater load. Where I don't have room now. Is there any derating benefit is these switches are used only in on/off mode. I wish the manufacturer made two separate switches but I understand why they don not it is cheaper for them to make one part to do more tings then to do two separate.
Sorry for the log post but I wanted to get all my questions out there for discussion in a hope to gain some extra knowledge. Thank you all in advance for your help.
I use 900 MHz in my business so there is alot of testing that I do at home that could cause an issue for ZWave or make me more careful in that testing. Alot of WISPs use 900 MHz in rural areas. I will probably have some of both technologies running.
The deciding factor was the switch product availability and RF interference potential in my situation. It looked to me like ZWave was single switches to control each load and then the Scene Controllers were separate and could not control a load directly. Did I miss some products? There are some really big vendors behind it and that gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. But I need the scene and load control in one device, I don't have extra room or want to run for separate scene control switches.
I like the Simply Automated modular switch product and seems pretty cool and flexible for future needs. So here are my questions and clarifications needed.
There seems to be less support for UPB then ZWave and smaller manufacturers choosing it. Is UPB product on the way out or just newer and building up? Why has a big guy like Leviton not done any UPB?
Are different UPB products pretty compatible? Like HAI, Simply and PCS all playing nice together?
Next is the noise on the system and what I have running makes me think that it may not work. I have about 10 large HP servers running in a rack and air conditioners and other things that my reading has me thinking it could be an issue. I don't see any way to filter/clean up those high loads. Any thoughts from folks out there on this? I am planning to get starter kit to do some testing and that is probably the best way to confirm it.
Next question is on derating and combining switches in multi gang boxes. If we are using the HAI 15A relay switch or configuring a switch for on/off mode only are those switches not part of the derating equation? I have read it several times and it is still a little unclear to me.
How is the quality of the Simply Automated switches? They only come with a 2 year warranty. PCS gives a nice 5 year so that makes me feel they are very confident in their quality.
I really like the dual load simply automated switches and can see alot of places where I could put them in to control some lights and open up some space to use a 15A HAI to control a fan or heater load. Where I don't have room now. Is there any derating benefit is these switches are used only in on/off mode. I wish the manufacturer made two separate switches but I understand why they don not it is cheaper for them to make one part to do more tings then to do two separate.
Sorry for the log post but I wanted to get all my questions out there for discussion in a hope to gain some extra knowledge. Thank you all in advance for your help.