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X10 – ZigBee – Z-Wave – Which to stick to?

A lot has changed in the Automation landscape since then and new and better platforms have been developed and incorporated as industry standards. The two being discussed here are ZigBee and Z-Wave. Continue reading

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11 new ZigBee HA products

Good to see the ZigBee Alliance are busy certifying more Home Automation products – they just announced 11 more: http://www.zigbee.org/imwp/download.asp?ContentID=17116 We’ve spoken to several of these manufacturers who tell us they’ll be commercially available shortly, with just samples ready at … Continue reading

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ZigBee traction from Control4

This news announcement today from Control4 is a really good sign of ZigBee progressing well.  Much of the new ZigBee Home Automation profile originates from Control4′s involvement in the the technology since 2005.  They also have two of the first … Continue reading

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Alliance officially releases HA

As we anticipated several weeks ago, today the ZigBee Alliance have finally announced official release of the Home Automation public profile, as well as the first 17 certified products. This is great news for the technologies progress into the home, … Continue reading

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