Re: [mh] Questions for X10/Voice control

Hello Gianni,

Regarding you specific questions:

1. Yes, you can have both.  You can specify which interface X10 devices 
use (I do that in my MHT file).  I did this partly because I put one 
interface on each phase of my house's split AC so I can cover both halves.

2. Yes, it is, and while it is much better than X10, it isn't 100% 
reliable either

3. MH runs its own web server, so you will need to put it on a unique port

I will also agree with what Giles said.  I have mostly moved away from 
X10, except for a few things that are still working without issues.  As 
things fail, I am moving away from Insteon also.  All my new stuff runs 
Tasmota (thanks to Giles for putting me onto that project), and those 
have been more reliable than either X10 or Insteon.  Of course, that 
requires reliable WiFi, and a bit of DIY to flash the Tasmota firmware, 
but the end result is excellent.

I also have some MySensors items:

https://www.mysensors.org/

They work pretty well, but are highly dependent on the quality of the 
radios used and the number of nodes in the wireless mesh. They also 
require hand building the modules, which is a lot more work than just 
buying things.  Kinda niche for sure.  Where they have a significant 
benefit is that they are low enough power to run of battery, something 
not possible with WiFi devices, and you can build all kinds of modules 
that don't really exist elsewhere (ex: voltage sensors).

To me, the best thing about MH is that you can make all these disparate 
things work well together.

Good luck!


On 2022-02-25 02:13, Gianni Veloce via misterhouse-users wrote:
> Hello MH Community
> I have a couple of questions to help me decide my way forward with MH 
> and you may have the experience to answer
> 1.I am using my old X10 serial PLM and have in my closer an Insteon 
> PLM (2242) bought some years ago as a backup. Is it possible to have 
> them work together for  managing lights/appliances (x10 and Insteon)? 
> Or only only one PLM can be supported by MH?
> 2. Is perhaps also INSTEON already an old (dead?) technology and 
> should go to newer alternatives? In there case my X10 devices will go 
> to trash?Proposals?
> 3.I see there are newer MH modules for Alexa /Google Home integration. 
> Do they work well with MH? Do they require MH webserver port change 
> from 8080 to 80 as in this case they will conflict with my Asterisk 
> and Zoneminder running on the same box (Rpi 4). Any other tips/hints 
> on this?
>
> TIA
> GV
>
>
>
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