Light Dimmer & Keypad or switch230V AC

[kengtay]

Hi What do you use for Light/Dimmer & Keypad or Switch?
My problem is the Z-wave with dimmer or relay for 230V AC is only from ACT, But I need to put 150 switch+Dimmer for the entire house. What kind of option do I have?

[hari]

look at the Merten Connect line. They make very nice ZWave products. There are also Nuewi, Innovus and others.

best regards,
Hari

[kengtay]

I couldn't find any online store selling Merten, I would need quite a bit of these switch and dimmer.

What do you think if I use any ELK M1 Gold Alarm + Automation panel with Insteadon keypad?

How hard for me to integrate the ELK to Linuxmce?

[ddamron]

Kengtay,

If you are in North America, Insteon will work nicely for you.
you don't need the whole ELK M1 Gold...unless you want to integrate that too
Insteon Integration via a PLM is in public RC1 testing (yes, it works very well)

Make sure you get a PLM 2414S (that's the Power Line Modem) that is the device you connect up to linuxMCE.

Insteon has a wide range of dimmers, depending on what features you want.  Timed dimmers, KeypadLincs (which have up to 8 buttons for other devices), SwitchLincs, etc.

HTH,

Dan

[kengtay]

No, I am actually in the country of 230V AC, I will be buying some of the Insteaon items and change to 240V AC (Replace few component). Hopefully it work well, Let you know once I have the result.

[tschak909]

if only it were that simple..

the timing of insteon devices is very dependent on north american tolerances.

-Thom

[darrenmason]

Kengtay,

PLC-BUS works well for 230V AC and is a better option than modifying Insteon.

Regards
Darren