Speed. Â It\’s all about the speed, and reliability. Â Ah hem. Â It\’s all about two things, speed, and reliability. Â Certain things reduce the Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) more than a flaky home automation system, especially if it is just a single device that is erratic… The 2413U solved that for us, along with a small timing […]
As I have stated before, I just upgraded to a 2413U controller, and it\’s made a large difference in my setup. Â Overall, in raw statistics the house went down a percentage or two for signal reliablitity, but overall everything seems faster… Â And more reliable, even though the raw statistics say it isn\’t as reliable as […]
First of all, this is based on less than 2-3 hours of real use, so I will be following this up later in the week…. But, here\’s the details so far. The 2413U Insteon Dual Band PowerLinc Modem (2413U) is faster than the 2414U, and the 2412U. Â The Dual Band nature does seem to speed […]
In a discussion on the 2413U, in the Perceptive Automation forums, Indigo\’s Author (Matt Bendiksen), has indicated that he believes that the 2413U does indeed save an \”hop\” on the Powerline network, and \”is even faster than the 2412U in some cases\”. Of course, he did include the obligatory Smiley with the note. But this […]
I am so glad that we live in an enlightened age where we don\’t stick our kids in a cage, hanging from the 2nd or 3rd story of our house/apartment… What other weird and crazy things have you found from the past?
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Smarthome has just announced, and made available for pre-order, a new series of Lamp modules… The new module, is powerline & RF based, so it can (potentially) replace your access points… Smarthome has attempted to create a slimmer module, one that doesn\’t look like a module, but more of a discreet device… Pictured above is […]
Smarthome is now offering a Weather-Resistant INSTEON-Compatible Appliance modules…. They are still at Pre-Order status, and appear only to be available at Smarthome at this point. (View the rest of the article at ApplianceLinc – INSTEON Outdoor Plug-In On / Off Appliance Module – Smarthome)