I see that within the past year, most of the new insteon products are now dual link. My question is why?? Did smarthome finially give up on powerline communication? All of the other competitiors boast that they use RF for more of a solid communications protocol.
What happens to my powerline only controlled devices that are still under warranty?
Will smarthome offer a trade-in proram so that the loyal customers who stuck through all the infancy problems with Insteon be offered a discount when they trade in their older Insteon products for the newer better and more robust dual band products?? I'm hoping so!!! --Greg--
I believe dual link uses both powerline and RF technology for improved reliability. The only wireless only devices are when there is no access to a powerline like battery operated remotes and sensors or the 2 line Switchlinc where there is no neutral.
I see that within the past year, most of the new insteon products are now dual link. My question is why?? Did smarthome finially give up on powerline communication? All of the other competitiors boast that they use RF for more of a solid communications protocol.
What happens to my powerline only controlled devices that are still under warranty?
Will smarthome offer a trade-in proram so that the loyal customers who stuck through all the infancy problems with Insteon be offered a discount when they trade in their older Insteon products for the newer better and more robust dual band products?? I'm hoping so!!! --Greg--
It's not true that all the competition uses RF, I don't believe -- UPB is powerline.
The powerline-only devices still work with dual-band devices. In fact they often work better when there are more dual-band installed. I don't see any need to replace the old ones if they still work.
I have found that after installing several dual-band devices that the whole system is quite reliable with little lag. I'm thinking that it might be overkill to keep adding more of them and I should save a few dollars and just put in powerline only devices.
The end of power line communication?
Posted - 07/03/2012 : 09:28:09 AM
