I am about to automate (or at least partially automate) a new vacation house we just bought. 20 or 25 years ago I fully automated my current house with UPB and at the time I did whatever was needed (cutting up walls to install larger boxes to replace 1/2 gang switches; running neutral wires; etc.). This time I am only doing what is easy. So I pose the following questions (and I will pose the same questions in a ZWave thread as I have not decided between UPB and ZWave). As far as I can determine the answer to all of these questions is no but I would love to be wrong. My goal in this house is two-fold: to be able to monitor from afar and also to simplify control of certain devices such as outside lighting -- the back deck, for example, has four or five lights each controlled by a separate switch with the switches spread out the length of the house.
1. Are there any devices that control multiple loads from a single gang unit -- specifically two dimmable lights (there are several 1/2-gang light switches in the house) or a unit that can control a multi-speed fan and the light attached to it (there are about 6 fans with combination light dimmer//fan speed controls in single gang boxes)?
2. Are there still no UPB controlled devices such as thermostats, motion sensors, light sensors etc.?
3. Are there any wall switches that indicate the dim level (presumably with a series of LED indicators)?
4. Is UPB or ZWave (or something else) a better choice?
Thanks for any advice.
Pete Tompkins
1. Are there any devices that control multiple loads from a single gang unit -- specifically two dimmable lights (there are several 1/2-gang light switches in the house) or a unit that can control a multi-speed fan and the light attached to it (there are about 6 fans with combination light dimmer//fan speed controls in single gang boxes)?
2. Are there still no UPB controlled devices such as thermostats, motion sensors, light sensors etc.?
3. Are there any wall switches that indicate the dim level (presumably with a series of LED indicators)?
4. Is UPB or ZWave (or something else) a better choice?
Thanks for any advice.
Pete Tompkins
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