X-10 can definitely do it, also. The difference is in control
sophistication.
The big advantage to the Insteon devices is that there's a positive
communication handshake between device and system controller, something the
X-10 lacks. Insteon devices can also be polled for state. Thus, after the
Insteon device controller acknowledges a command, it then sends a command
completion message when the device successfully switches, confirming that it
is done. X-10 only acks the system controllers command, there's no
completion acknowledgement and also no state polling of which I am aware.
Insteon can also handle X-10 devices, so the two can co-exist, but I've
found that there's a lot more reliable operation of Insteon device
controllers--especially if one wants to be able to not only set, but also
control devices via web interface either locally or remotely.
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:55 AM, <usher99@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
> It is very clear X-10 can do this. I believe my nephew does something
> like that on his I-phone.
> http://www.iphonehomecontroller.com/
>
> Thers is a forum to ask questions as well--if their site were set up
> better it would be obvious how to configure this capability:
>
> http://forums.x10.com/index.php?topic=16616.0
>
> There is various software that provides a web link interface but I have
> no experience with them.
>
> http://www.jclautomation.com/internet.html
>
> I should ask my nephew.
>
> Mike
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