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Home Automation question: Vera, Motorola, Logitech or other?

Apr 20, 2009 10:53PM PDT

Home automation q: Vera, Motorola Homesight, Logitech WiLife or other for security?

I posted this in the Networking & Wireless forums, not knowing about this one...

I'm interested in setting up a basic, expandable security system at home and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations.

Right now, I see this Z-Wave may be the best way to go and that Vera would be ideal, and although it seem capable, it's not really focused on security.

Any thoughts?

Best,
Shalin

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Any thoughts on Insteon would also be helpful...
Apr 21, 2009 12:46AM PDT
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Selecting a technology
Dec 17, 2009 10:54PM PST

My vote goes to Insteon since it's cheaper and there are more devices available than the other platforms - We've used it in our house for over a year now and it's been rock solid. I found a review that I bookmarked when I was looking at this stuff, it compares Insteon to Z-Wave and X10, pretty interesting:

http://automation.liveautomatic.com

Good luck with your implementation, let us know what you decide!