[Kevin G.]

73 Long Hood -

Insteon is relatively new and looks good on paper, but I (and others) are waiting to see if our systems will integrate seamlessly into the Insteon environment.

For those of us invested in x10, Insteon devices will pick up most of the x10 protocol signals and act accordingly, but they offer no additional benefit over other x10 devices. The radio communications signal repeat is not done for x10 commands, only the Insteon commands.

There is at least one effort under way to develop an x10 - Insteon translater that will allow an existing x10 setup to speak Insteonish, but it is still in early development.

So -
I sit,
and wait.

I have a new house, all wired up and ready to go, but don't want to invest in x10 if it will be superceded with something more reliable, and don't want to invest in new technology until it becomes something that will still be around in a few years. It's too expensive to make the wrong choice.

You may wish to PM or contact Dan Byers (here on Pelican and all-around nice guy), he does this kind of stuff professionally and can give you a better answer than me.

Good luck!

Kevin