Herdfan said:
Looks like they listened. At least until stock runs out. You can order either the Amber or green LED's of both dimmer's and relay's on the SH website.
http://www.smarthome.com/2876sbg.html
Well, excellent!
Of course, I'm a loyal Martin at AO fan, so now I'll have to call him and make sure he keeps a few of the green on hand... Seriously, I can't ask him to do that just so I have one "handy", but I'm at least glad that SH has some green left if necessary.
My bigger complaint is that SH seems to be sort of "winging it" with this product line. The LEDs are just a symptom. There's the wattage issue (stated vs. actual, and no one knows which is which) on Icon devices, this color issue with LEDs, the rather buggy state of the SDM, etc.
I absolutely applaud them for bringing out this line and I've certainly done my part in supporting it by converting every possible X10 switch in my house to the technology. And overall, I am happy that I did this. I just wish our friends at SH would get some of this under control, AND tell us WHY - IN THESE FORUMS - the're making some of these changes . The green to amber change is just one example. WHY? If it's to save a couple of cents from a supplier, that's not a good answer. If solid, reliable, even quantitative market research shows that people greatly prefer amber, that's another story. Of coures, an EASY change kit for those of us with green switches would also be nice. To me, amber seems like a horrible idea... About half my stuff is actually V2 and I prefer the white lights, but the green Icons were fine at the price. Amber, though??? What is this, "the button"?
I've got another 25 or more hardwired Multiset Pro switches from Lightolier that I want to convert so that I can get better HA control of those rooms. But I'm holding off until SH gets their arms around this...