ChrisWalker
Active Member
I was out in Florida this week along with a number of other Z-Wave Alliance manufacturers to install Z-Wave hardware in the first Z-Wave demo home.
We had hardware and representatives from many manufacturers--Intermatic, Leviton, Logitech, Wayne Dalton, Techniku, Elk, DMR, Boca, etc. Intermatic was our gracious host in this two-story oceanfront home.
It was really cool playing with the various devices, all talking to each other across the home seamlessly. It was also cool that it only took about ten minutes to add the ~50 devices into one Z-Wave network (including controllers from five manufacturers). I think that this is the first time this has all happened on a single network.
Anyway, Fox News came out Thursday morning and did an awesome piece about the home. DMR had a media center at the home, so we used that to record the show. Hopefully, we will be able to post a copy on our website. It was pretty cool!
The electricians, the news crews, and the media who toured the home were all really impressed by how easy the home was to set up and use, how seamlessly it worked, etc. I was really impressed how good so much of the production (and near-production) hardware works in this mixed-vendor network.
Chris
We had hardware and representatives from many manufacturers--Intermatic, Leviton, Logitech, Wayne Dalton, Techniku, Elk, DMR, Boca, etc. Intermatic was our gracious host in this two-story oceanfront home.
It was really cool playing with the various devices, all talking to each other across the home seamlessly. It was also cool that it only took about ten minutes to add the ~50 devices into one Z-Wave network (including controllers from five manufacturers). I think that this is the first time this has all happened on a single network.
Anyway, Fox News came out Thursday morning and did an awesome piece about the home. DMR had a media center at the home, so we used that to record the show. Hopefully, we will be able to post a copy on our website. It was pretty cool!
The electricians, the news crews, and the media who toured the home were all really impressed by how easy the home was to set up and use, how seamlessly it worked, etc. I was really impressed how good so much of the production (and near-production) hardware works in this mixed-vendor network.
Chris
A number of locals, builders, press, and others came on Wednesday afternoon/evening for free food and a full tour. It was pretty cool.