3 days ago, my garage door opened on its own. It was open shortly after I went to bed until 2am. I messaged support at that time to find a remedy and have yet to receive a reponse. Just a fair warning to anyone thinking of integrating any crucial services to this system.

[image] NorCalLights: Insteon is also a company Technically, yes, just like X10 was both technology and a company behind it. But I have never heard anyone ask “does X10 have ZigBee or Z-Wave?” :slightly_smiling:

My good friend has an Insteon hub and loves it. You can automate things like we do, on a basic level, but there’s no app community. I do believe you can write your own code, but good luck with that. All processing is local, and he’s never once, ever, EVER had an issue with something not working lik…

[image] stevenascott: All processing is local, and he’s never once, ever, EVER had an issue with something not working like it should. Okay let’s not get crazy. No HA system is that good. Not Crestron. Not Control 4. Not any of them.

[image] stevenascott: All processing is local, and he’s never once, ever, EVER had an issue with something not working like it should. Insteon switches and dimmers use power-line commutations, not RF, and therefore are not subject to the radio interference that kills both ZigBee and Z-Wave. T…

As far as I understand – it does both powerline and some radio-based, as a redundant solution. It’s not “getting crazy,” to say his system is extraordinarily reliable. I think one time he complained about something, but it was a rule he had set up – not the hardware’s fault --ever.

Thank you @stevenascott . That PDF was the answer I was looking for. Straight forward and No criticisms for a basic question.

yup insteon is great up until you have an RCD circuit in your house like I do…it kills all power line stuff. If I use a 500mbps power line adapter I get less than 1mbps with huge latency because of huge numbers of retry attempts…after which you are then dependant purely on RF which is why I ruled th…

[image] lmosenko: No criticisms for a basic question. Sorry, @lmosenko , didn’t mean to be rude or hurt your feelings. :angel:

No problem @geko . I was just interested in Insteon comp to ST. I have similar problem to @Fuzzyligic . Can’t use Insteon. SmartThings will do and hopefully ST will get better…Soon.

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stevenascott (Steven) February 5, 2016, 3:29am 86

Yep, page 29: http://cache.insteon.com/pdf/insteondetails.pdf

SmartThings Publication of Apps to Run Locally

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