Having tried for a number of years to get x10 4 button controllers to run my low voltage lighting in my kitchen and family room, I finally hit a low on the WAF scale. This thread will be a log of what I did to remedy that.
I have Kitchen / Dining / Familyroom area that we redecorated in 2005 and added a several hanging low voltage lighting systems. Along with that were existing recessed lights, a ceiling lamp over the kitchen table and lamps in the family room.
In 2005 I wanted to integrate that all into decora 4 button x10 wall switches and insteon inlinelincs up in the ceiling with the low voltage transformers. My homeseer server was old even then and I didn't want any direct dependence on operating the lights through the server. Insteon inlinelincs do x10 as well, so leviton button P1 turned on light P1, etc.
X10 interference came and went and more recently has been horrible. Boosterlincs, other tricks helped, but not fully. WAF was so low I had to stop my wifly project and do something more drastic than I had wanted to, but ended up with something that works better than I had hoped.
The picture below is the final implementation, and in future posts I will describe different techniques to implement it, what the tradeoffs are in choosing between them. My goal is to highlight the many things keypadlincs do. Also, for others that have experience with Keypadlincs, please add your techniques, alternatives, likes and dislikes to the the thread.
I have Kitchen / Dining / Familyroom area that we redecorated in 2005 and added a several hanging low voltage lighting systems. Along with that were existing recessed lights, a ceiling lamp over the kitchen table and lamps in the family room.
In 2005 I wanted to integrate that all into decora 4 button x10 wall switches and insteon inlinelincs up in the ceiling with the low voltage transformers. My homeseer server was old even then and I didn't want any direct dependence on operating the lights through the server. Insteon inlinelincs do x10 as well, so leviton button P1 turned on light P1, etc.
X10 interference came and went and more recently has been horrible. Boosterlincs, other tricks helped, but not fully. WAF was so low I had to stop my wifly project and do something more drastic than I had wanted to, but ended up with something that works better than I had hoped.
The picture below is the final implementation, and in future posts I will describe different techniques to implement it, what the tradeoffs are in choosing between them. My goal is to highlight the many things keypadlincs do. Also, for others that have experience with Keypadlincs, please add your techniques, alternatives, likes and dislikes to the the thread.
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