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My Insteon thermostat is a great dumb thermostat that I can also send commands to over a serial connection to a powerline/RF modem. (Very similar to Z-Wave's RF
by ocdtrekkie 1y ago
My Insteon thermostat is a great dumb thermostat that I can also send commands to over a serial connection to a powerline/RF modem. (Very similar to Z-Wave's RF, though proprietary.)
The key is do not buy smart devices with Wi-Fi. There are better products for serious people. Everyone here with a Zigbee or Z-Wave product probably learned that the hard way first. ;)
- pcdoodle 1y agoInsteon is the GOAT IMO. I trashed my smart hub because the darned light switches talk to each other with no middle man, I love living "hubless".
- ocdtrekkie 1y agoI do like a PLM for computer control but I wrote the software myself. It was originally like ten lines of Visual Basic to implement turning on a light. It's really nice how minimal you can start with Insteon stuff.
- pcdoodle 1y agoSame, serial packets are pretty easy to assemble and get things going. I think at one point i linked an exterior motion sensor to beep the light switch in the night (There are beepers in the switch!).