John, Two questions on your comments....
I have no seen an Insteon computer controller similiar to the old bottle rocket. Is there such a device? I am thinking of getting an Insteon starter kit bit I have so many X10 devices it will be awhie before, if ever, that I get it all changed over. Many items, like spotlights, are not available in Insteon. I would be interested in the Ethernet MWI. I am using many phones on an SPA3000 fxs and I can't seem to find an MWI on an analog phone that works with Asterisk and the SPA3000, although I have been told that there are some that do??? The quick answer would be to put a SIP phone with MWI where your wife wants to be able to see the light. I have a Budgtone 200 and MWI works fine on it. Of course then you have styling and color issues that might not past the muster. Doug On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, John Marvin wrote: > > I would suggest that people who don't already have an investment in home > automation equipment should look at Insteon rather than X10. Insteon is > a next generation version of X10 that provides backwards compatibility > with X10. The devices are a little more expensive, but not as expensive > as some of the other alternatives. Insteon provides 2 way communication > and is a lot more reliable than X10. > > If you already have an investment in X10 devices you can slowly convert > to Insteon, since Insteon provides backwards compatibility, i.e. X10 > controllers can control Insteon devices and Insteon controllers can > control X10 devices, however you won't get all the advantages of Insteon > until you have Insteon controllers controlling Insteon devices. > > For people with some soldering and basic circuit design skills, you may > want to consider using ethernet as a home automation bus for some > things. I love the Olimex PIC WEB and PIC Mini Web development boards > (they cost $49.95 and $39.95 respectively). They have an ethernet port > and an expansion connector for the available PIC I/O pins. Microchip > provides a free C compiler for Pic processors, and they also have an > open source networking stack that works on the Olimex boards. So with a > ribbon cable connector and a small breadboard with a few IC's and/or > driver transistors you can build a device that responds to commands via > the network (or via a built in web server) from your Asterisk server > that does about any task you can think of. Lots of fun ... I'm currently > building a voicemail indicator (my wife didn't like me taking her > answering machine away with the blinking lights when we switched to > Asterisk voicemail) using a PIC Web board. Next project will be a web > based sprinkler controller. > > John > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > "Those that sacrifice essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin (1759) **************************** * Doug Crompton * * Richboro, PA 18954 * * 215-431-6307 * * * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * http://www.crompton.com * **************************** _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
