From: ard jonker <ard.jonker-AT-xs4all.nl>
Date: 02 Jul 2009 19:03:04 UTC   (10:03:04 PM in author's locale)
To: Patrick Blaya <patrick.blaya-AT-orange.fr>

>Looking for some better alternatives to X10, here is what I found:
><http://www.plugwise.com/en/products/how-it-works>
>
>It is made by a company in Holland. The individual modules are
>measuring the watt consumption of what is connected to them, they talk
>together through a modified zigbee protocol, and the modules can be
>turned off/on with feedback. Unfortunately the control software is PC
>only, otherwise I would have bought some !

I have got a pair plus a receiver. It works -under emulation- and that's it. They don't make a web interface. They don't support mac (and will not for as far as I can see, tell me if you know otherwise). It is a bit of a disappointment. I only use(d) it for monitoring solar PV panels, weekly, with the PC emulator, now I do that with the mac, instantly, every 5 minutes :-) as in the end, I turned to Soft-I/O for reading out meters, in combination with RFXCom transmitter/receiver and click-on-click-off (wireless 433 MHz stuff) for doing home automation.

Ard
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