Re: [mh] What’s better than Insteon?

I have two Pis, one is the master which runs MH  which touches a  a file 
every 30 seconds, the second Pi looks at this file, if it gets stale, it 
fires up MH, having copied over the MH status files this has proved to 
be highly reliable and only cost me the price of another Pi and some code.

I've found the MH-Alexa interface, though broken at times thanks to 
Amazon, is currently working well.

Giles

On 12/12/2020 16:04, Spencer Ryan wrote:
> For my desired use case nothing gives me the flexibility other than 
> some million dollar Control4 system. 95% of my "automations" are all 
> insteon native, about 4% are with a RaspberryPI and the last 1% is 
> voice control via siri/alexa, but if the internet (or the Pi, or both) 
> die, most of the functionality of my system still works. I havent' 
> seen that in any system other than a million dollar 
> control4/crestron/etc setup.
>
> I've got all I2CS devices and besides a single PLM that died I've 
> never had issues with failures in about 6 years.
>
> It's surely not perfect, but in that price bracket and the 
> functionally I get there isn't another option. YMMV and all that of 
> course.
>
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 10:22 AM H Plato <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     There’s also zwave. The only MH zwave support is the razberry
>     module I put together. It has ‘push’ support, so MH is updated in
>     real-time when local switches change state.I’m working on fully
>     using process_item for connectivity, to reduce the risk of network
>     induced pauses to the main loop. I’ve been running my razberry for
>     5 years or so and it’s been pretty reliable.
>
>     > On Dec 12, 2020, at 3:04 AM, Tom MacLean <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>     >
>     > I have an aging misterhouse and Insteon setup. I’m getting a bit
>     annoyed with replacing Insteon modules (particularly the ones that
>     were buried in my kitchen ceiling!) and also they are a bit
>     quirky. (If I turn off a bunch of lights too quickly, a whole
>     bunch of other lights turn on.)
>     >
>     > I am planning a basement reno that will lead to a bunch more
>     modules.  Is there another automation technology I should be
>     considering?
>     >
>     > I would like to avoid cloud-based solutions.
>     > I am a little leery of bogging down my wifi with old-standard
>     equipment.
>     > Mister house automation is mandatory.
>     > UL/CSA is mandatory
>     > More cosmetic options than Insteon would be nice.
>     >
>     > I’d appreciate your advice!
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > More variety in swit
>     >
>     >
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