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March 08, 2004
Sylvania ships some of the first ZigBee home controls
Sylvania Products has begun shipping a remote control, power outlet, wall switch and a couple other things based on the chipset from Zensys Even though the standard is not done, these guys have to get their next round of VC financing, so they started shipping the chipset. It looks promising and infinitely easier to install than the X10 stuff, but it is not clear that it gives me what I really want two years from now. An IP address for each control. This system looks like you still have to use the remote control provided by Sylvania. Why not software an a PC with a Zigbee transmitter? Shouldn't it work just like Bluetooth? You have a USB dongle thing that barks out Zigbee controls. Software on the PC. Zigbee receivers in your light switches and poweroutlets. Done. I am betting this is done in two years.
Posted by Martin at March 8, 2004 09:10 AM
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