Light control

[jonnyhk]

Happy New Year to all
Hello

I'm using HOmeseer and RfxCom for reading oregon sensors and using Visonic alarm.
Like to control light/ dimmer etc.
Bought a lot of X-10 from mar... to not very happy..

Like to have some robust with 2-way communication that I can use togeter Rfxcom ( I have two due to long distance)
minimum to be able to read the status if the light is on or of.

Thanks'
jk

[raymonvdm]

I think you should try some Z-Wave devices. The protocol is based on 2-way communication and HomeSeer seems to support the hardware. Im using an Aeon Labs Z-Stick interface and some Duwi switches


http://www.aeon-labs.com/site/
http://www.z-wave.com/modules/ZwaveStart/

[ekempen]

I'm using several KAKU devices (X10 like at 433MHz) with RFXCOM which work reasonably well, but these only have one-way communication. I have just started testing with Z-Wave, using the Aeon Labs stick, and with some Fibaro dimmers, which even support dimming LEDs lamps. So far that seems to work fine.