Re: Re: xPL/xAP an alternative to C-Bu$ ?

["K. C. Li" <li@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 20 May 2004, David Buckley wrote:

> and you are left with some fairly average dimmers with a horrible
> proprietry interface, that still cost quite a lot of dosh.

C-Bus dimmers, there are a few versions, are no more average than most
other dimmers and a whole lot better than some. I don't know what you mean
by "horrible propriety interface" either. The C-Bus lighting
protocol is
easily obtainable from Clipsal without NDA. Clipsal even provide the
necessary Windows and Linux drivers for third party software interfacing.

> Which leaves X10, which is cheap, unreliable and relatively
> incapable, but it is affordable.

I disagree with the unreliable claim. An X-10 system can be very reliable
if it is planned correctly with the appropriate number of filters and
amplifiers. There are many substantial properties that use X-10. It was
only recently that we have supplied to an existing customer who wished to
continue to use X-10 in his newly acquired 5-bedroom May Fair property
with 300 lighting circuits. If X-10 is as unreliable as you have implied,
the customer would not be foolish enough to select it again.

> Except for something I built... but thats another story!

What's happened to your Home Brain controller that you were showing in
UKHA 2003?

Regards,

Kwong Li
li@xxxxxxx
Laser Business Systems Ltd.
http://www.laser.com
http://www.cbus-shop.com