upstatemike
Senior Member
I think that is what I am going to do. Was originally going to try UPB in the basement because it is a huge area that I rarely visit and lights left on is a big deal there. Unfortunately I have decided to convert the whole thing to hard wired (home depot type) motion sensors. They are super reliable (my stairways have had them running continuously for the past 25 years) so very little chance of lights left on.
So instead I will probably test UPB on outdoor lights or the 3rd floor depending on which best matches the available UPB switch and keypad offerings. I will probably test Z-Wave in entertainment areas like living room, dining room, library, and front hall where the fancy Homeseer LED switches can be leveraged to best effect. For bedrooms I may test some Caseta or RA2 Select to leverage the PICO remotes for bedside controls. Whatever is left will remain Insteon but I will likely shift control to Homeseer using the ISY plugin.
X-10 is still good for temporary Holiday projects so I will always have a little of it around.
I think the multi technology approach will avoid the scalability issue that all technologies seem to struggle with plus it will make it easier to manage costs by breaking things up into stages. Plus I get to play with a lot more different toys this way.
So instead I will probably test UPB on outdoor lights or the 3rd floor depending on which best matches the available UPB switch and keypad offerings. I will probably test Z-Wave in entertainment areas like living room, dining room, library, and front hall where the fancy Homeseer LED switches can be leveraged to best effect. For bedrooms I may test some Caseta or RA2 Select to leverage the PICO remotes for bedside controls. Whatever is left will remain Insteon but I will likely shift control to Homeseer using the ISY plugin.
X-10 is still good for temporary Holiday projects so I will always have a little of it around.
I think the multi technology approach will avoid the scalability issue that all technologies seem to struggle with plus it will make it easier to manage costs by breaking things up into stages. Plus I get to play with a lot more different toys this way.