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by joshlittle 2339 days ago
I have been using X10 and Insteon devices for years. I have no plans to upgrade the system to newer zigbee/zwave hardware; though I have added some IP Based devices too for things like smart bulbs such as Lifx.

I control everything with a Universal Devices ISY-994i controller and have set up a Polyglot node server to tie it all together. This gives me flexibility because I can always expand the isy-994i to support Zigbee or Zwave; and polyglot node server is open source.

It’s very nice to be protected against forced IoT obsolescence due to cloud API Reversioning, Company failures and mergers, etc. some of my smart home IoT devices are over 20 years old; no plans to upgrade them. Best of all, nothing requires the Internet to work.