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by Marc MERLIN-7
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On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 10:30:09PM +0300, liran tal wrote:
> I've been googling' about Zwave and "David Satterfield" (a positive
> googling :) ) in a hope
> to find out more information. I'd really like to start with the basics here,
> there are too
> many names and terminology out there to get a person confused
> My "basic" questions are: if Zwave *DOES* work with MisterHouse - which
> Zwave controller
> works? what is the product name and model (a link to buy it would be nice :)
> ).
You have seen this page, right?
http://misterhouse.wikispaces.com/Z-Wave
It shows you need the RZC0P serial interface thing.
My research showed that Zwave seemed to work better in mh than it was
documented :)
Again, make sure you go through
http://misterhouse.wikispaces.com/Insteon#insteon_x10_zwave_upb when trying
to pick
> Secondly, I'm assuming that with Zwave, since it's RF, it would work
> anywhere in the world but I did hear about different Zwave versions for UK
> or US... could someone make some sense out of it?
Likely because you can't use the same RF bands in all countries.
Also, UK is 240V US is 120V.
> The way it's connected is: PC (MH) -> PLM -> electrical wiring -> BRIDGE
> Where this BRIDGE is the wireless device that translates the command from
> the electrical wiring into RF for other Insteon wireless-only devices? (is
> that bridge also 2 way by nature?)
Bridge is 'AP', as in
http://www.smarthome.com/2443P/Access-Point-INSTEON-Wireless-Phase-Coupler-2-Pack/p.aspx
download the manual, it'll make more sense :)
but basically two APs will bridge your powerline from one phase to the other
via RF and also bridge RF only devices to both phases (since you have at
least one AP on each phase).
bridge is indeed 2 way.
> Also regarding Insteon's PLM - since we're talking about electrical wiring
> as opposed to pure RF, it matters which system is it (Europe/US/other
> countries). In my country the it is 220V, 50hz (3 pins).
It matters regardless of whether you pick Insteon, UPB, or Zwave since all 3
leach power from the powerline to work and would be unhappy if they got the
wrong voltage :)
Marc
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> I've been googling' about Zwave and "David Satterfield" (a positive
> googling :) ) in a hope
> to find out more information. I'd really like to start with the basics here,
> there are too
> many names and terminology out there to get a person confused
> My "basic" questions are: if Zwave *DOES* work with MisterHouse - which
> Zwave controller
> works? what is the product name and model (a link to buy it would be nice :)
> ).
You have seen this page, right?
http://misterhouse.wikispaces.com/Z-Wave
It shows you need the RZC0P serial interface thing.
My research showed that Zwave seemed to work better in mh than it was
documented :)
Again, make sure you go through
http://misterhouse.wikispaces.com/Insteon#insteon_x10_zwave_upb when trying
to pick
> Secondly, I'm assuming that with Zwave, since it's RF, it would work
> anywhere in the world but I did hear about different Zwave versions for UK
> or US... could someone make some sense out of it?
Likely because you can't use the same RF bands in all countries.
Also, UK is 240V US is 120V.
> The way it's connected is: PC (MH) -> PLM -> electrical wiring -> BRIDGE
> Where this BRIDGE is the wireless device that translates the command from
> the electrical wiring into RF for other Insteon wireless-only devices? (is
> that bridge also 2 way by nature?)
Bridge is 'AP', as in
http://www.smarthome.com/2443P/Access-Point-INSTEON-Wireless-Phase-Coupler-2-Pack/p.aspx
download the manual, it'll make more sense :)
but basically two APs will bridge your powerline from one phase to the other
via RF and also bridge RF only devices to both phases (since you have at
least one AP on each phase).
bridge is indeed 2 way.
> Also regarding Insteon's PLM - since we're talking about electrical wiring
> as opposed to pure RF, it matters which system is it (Europe/US/other
> countries). In my country the it is 220V, 50hz (3 pins).
It matters regardless of whether you pick Insteon, UPB, or Zwave since all 3
leach power from the powerline to work and would be unhappy if they got the
wrong voltage :)
Marc
--
"A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R.
Microsoft is to operating systems & security ....
.... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking
Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial
Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited
royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing
server and web deployment.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects
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