Blackbird Posted December 21, 2021 Posted December 21, 2021 I know nothing is future proof but I am wondering what you guys think is the way to go for home automation, going forward? I have all Insteon and despite the debate, my personal opinion is that Insteon will soon be done if not already. I hope I am wrong but I wanted to know what the other options are that are out there that you might suggest, like Z wave or future protocols like Matter (which I know almost nothing about). I would prefer to keep using the ISY/Polisy. Thanks Merry Christmas!
larryllix Posted December 21, 2021 Posted December 21, 2021 It seems most are turning to Zwave. I have a SiLabs Zwave dongle on my polisy now, and have tested it to a few receptacles (on a plug-in cord) that I have inherited but I believe they are early versions due to needing to be interrogated to read the power draw on them and they are really clumsy big monsters. I am very hesitant to start committing to Zwave, and it will take a few devices to start building out a system. On the other side of things I have purchased and using about 35 RGBCW bulbs and strips around the house which run off NRs via my NRbridge software on a RPI. I am quite happy with those but no feedback into ISY has been programmed in yet so ISY has to assume they just obey faithfully. Those are all MagicHome protocol.
TrojanHorse Posted December 21, 2021 Posted December 21, 2021 We should start a sub forum of Insteon items for sale that are pulled from working environments owned by those throwing the towel. I suspect a lot of interested buyers, at the right price of course. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1
ResIpsa Posted December 21, 2021 Posted December 21, 2021 We should start a sub forum of Insteon items for sale that are pulled from working environments owned by those throwing the towel. I suspect a lot of interested buyers, at the right price of course. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI have about a half dozen unopened Switchlinc Dimmers I never got around to installing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
KeviNH Posted December 22, 2021 Posted December 22, 2021 Long-term I think the Apple, Amazon and Google-backed smart home standard "Matter" (formerly Project Chip) is going to be the way to go. Silicon Labs is also a backer of Thread/Matter.
upstatemike Posted December 22, 2021 Posted December 22, 2021 26 minutes ago, KeviNH said: Long-term I think the Apple, Amazon and Google-backed smart home standard "Matter" (formerly Project Chip) is going to be the way to go. Silicon Labs is also a backer of Thread/Matter. It sounds like Matter will come to dominate the HA landscape in much the same way that IPv6 has taken over as the dominant networking protocol. 2
sjenkins Posted December 22, 2021 Posted December 22, 2021 I have about a half dozen unopened Switchlinc Dimmers I never got around to installing. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI’d buy them if you are interested. SeJ
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