![]() Every morning my Omni determines what the high temp for the day will be and it calculates how low to precool my house, so when the rates go up at noon, the AC stops. And as you have seen with UPB, prices can go up.Ĭlick to expand.Actually mine is pretty sophisticated. You definitely should not be waiting unless there is something specific that you are waiting for. And if some startup can to me wanting me to invest in a product to replace UPB, I'd say why? The only "new" thing they could invest is color control in each switch, but like 3D TV, I wouldn't be a big fan.Īs always, if the home automation products exist to do what you want today, why not use them? Personally I don't care if something is "better" than UPB because UPB works great. If anything there is too much stuff out there. It is proven technology, but if you don't like powerline control there is wireless, Zigbee, Wi-Fi, Z-wave. I think maybe one of my 65 switches has failed in 10 years. So you have to tell us, what piece of automation isn't here yet. Everything is controlled with rules and I can monitor everything anywhere in the world. I know they make automated washers and stoves and refrigerators, but I don't see why. All my doors, windows and gates and driveway are monitored. Drapes, lights, temp, main water valve, locks, etc. I'm really not sure what people expect to appear in home automation that doesn't exist today? Do you want a robot to walk around your house and control the lights and thermostat? Everything in my house is automated and has been for many years. If I am tired of setting on the fence, where would you leap - toward UPB and the M1G, or away toward something more modern? (And if so what? And can it tie to M1G?) ![]() Which is another worry, the M1G seems rather long in the tooth for something electronic, and I haven't seen anything or anyone stepping up to replace it? The M1G doesn't seem to have changed in that time either, so maybe this is a question whether I should be punting on the whole concept and using a different automation controller? ![]() I'd like to get a dozen or so switches so the cost is not insignificant.Īre we yet on the edge of a breakthrough, so that automation controllers, specifically lighting controllers, are changing? Getting more standardized (no sign of that I could see)? The UPB switches have gone UP in price in that time, whereas everything else automation wise keeps coming down. That's been the state now for the last 5 years, and I still have only a few lights controlled and would like to put in a lot more. I only put UPB controllers on a few light circuits as a test, then decided that all the lighting automation changes are happening so fast I would wait a bit. I was just updating some rules for lighting in prep for a vacation and it brings up something I think about every year or so. I had to replace some smokes that were defective, but otherwise it is still going strong, everything works.
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