Recent content by jwilleke

"..a single vendor system, or a single technology system which multiple vendors support (Z-Wave, UPB, etc...).." So you never expect anyone to migrate from one system to another? Like from X-10 to Z-Wave or you expect them to replace all their lights at once? -jim

  SNMP can easily handle determining the device limits. I would assume there would be a MIB defined for a "generic" Home automation device. Looking at the sample MIB TOASTER-MIB We can see the toasterDoneness which has a defined range (1-10) that can be queried to find the current setting. You...

openHab also contributed code for https://eclipse.org/smarthome/. -jim

Most of what is WOW are the things we never think about until we go somewhere else.   Using two drive sensors, we know when a car is approaching or leaving the home, all monitored with cameras of course and voice announcements.   When we enter the drive and open the garage door (any of the...

I agree and Very sad. I see fewer resources (Teck Notes etc) than we used to and lack innovation.   And the "Other" Leviton products still do not work well with HAIs products. -jim

  Sorry, I can not deal with any more of the "standards" where the minimum entry to participate is $2,500.00. These are vendor consortiums and no way to develop a standard. -jim

But, these same "complex" issues have been solved in other areas of technology. SNMP is widely used across all kinds of devices around the world. It can certainly does have "standard" device classes as are laid out for most common network equipment.   And the market would decide about the low...

Great discussions and this has been a pleasure.   Well, I think we have generally shown the premise that Home Automation is not fulfilling the needs of the customers in general and there is frustration from both the Software Vendors and the End Customers.   When these type of conditions of 100s...

  Well, sure. Hard-wired stuff is probably faster, more secure and reliable. But, most of us are not doing life threatening stuff with most of our devices. And (most anyhow) Wireless networks are fast enough for most things we are doing.   And like you said, at this point in time, do we really...

  Well, here are (13) I found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_discovery. Which includes SSDP a component of Universal Plug and Play which I would say is ubiquitously supported.   And no security in Z-Wave modules. Really, in todays climate, no security! Well that is a great idea!   TCP...

Thanks for the tip and feedback. "So add the devices to the installer tool right at a desk, then go put them in place," So you think I should wire a device upto 110V and then move it into position?   This is not what we should expect from todays home automation systems. We have all kinds of...

And continuing the main topic, I agree. The interoperability AND usability of the product is terrible.   You basically have three choices: (or some combination of the three) You buy it all from One Vendor  You hack and cuss your way through multiple vendors. You hack and cuss your way through...

"..you won't have a problem with Insteon.."   When it first came out I jumped on the Insteon bandwagon. I already was using a lot of smarthome products in X-10. The advertising and specs sold me on the protocol. Then I find out that the devices really did NOT do Powerline And Radio as the...

I Asked them:   -jim

Generally, Z-Wave Sucks.   Too many nodes do not support Z-Wave associations or reverse associations and too many controllers require that they be the primary controller.   The requirement to be within 3 feet and all the garbage about associations and reverse association is just not a workable...