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Technology Comparison
- INSTEON: Moderately priced, highly reliable Dual-mesh RF & Powerline technology
- UPB: Expensive single-band technology
- X10: Inexpensive but lacks the robustness, flexibility and reliability required by home-control applications
- ZigBee & Z-Wave: Single-band (RF-only) wireless networks that require a network controller
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INSTEON |
Zwave |
X10 |
UPB |
Wifi |
Zigbee |
| Price |
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| Reliability |
1:10,000 |
1:100 |
1:10 |
1:100 |
1:100 |
1:100 |
| Max Network (theory) |
Unlimited |
232 |
256 |
250 |
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| Ease |
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| Product breadth |
Huge |
Huge |
Large |
Medium |
Small |
Small |
| Setup without Central Controller |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Compatibility |
Complete |
Partial |
Complete |
Complete |
Partial |
Partial |
| Virtual multi-way circuits |
Yes |
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| Legacy X10 compatible |
Yes |
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| Repeating |
Dual-Mesh |
Single Mesh |
Once |
Once |
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Some |
| Number of specifications (non interop) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
? |
2 |
| Number of feature sets (>1=non-interopt) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
? |
1 |
| Number of profiles (non-interopt) |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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7 |
| RF Frequency |
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908.42 MHz |
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| Keypads w/built-in dImmer |
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| Units in field |
Million’s |
Million’s |
Million’s |
100,000’s |
100,000’s |
10,000’s |
| Setup without assigning IDs |
Yes |
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NNNNNNN |
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| Power consumption in sleep mode |
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2.5 uA |
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| Device classes |
Peers |
Controllers, Slaves |
Peers |
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| Polite (listen before talk) |
Yes |
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Some |
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Yes |
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