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Any recommendations for your favorite smart switch? I installed a few INSTEONS in my house and got bit badly when they just stopped communicating. The most fru
by fixermark 11y ago
Any recommendations for your favorite smart switch?
I installed a few INSTEONS in my house and got bit badly when they just stopped communicating. The most frustrating thing is that there's no diagnostic tool, so I can't tell if the switches are broken or if their signals are getting sent but aren't understood by intended recipients.
Next time I get deeply into home automation, I'll make sure to use a kit that includes tools for sensing wifi signal and diagnosing bad connections.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoI am using INSTEON myself. The bite there is that they :are: proprietary, though the PLM is openly programmable (I'm writing my own INSTEON controller) and not reliant on a web API of any kind. They can't disable functionality on me. I haven't had a bad experience :yet:, but I'd jump on a good open protocol with the same type of functionality. (RF/powerline dual-band is a huge perk, IMHO, and I prefer the non-use of Wi-Fi/Bluetooth.)