I need some help finding a wall switch to control a few dimmers. Right now I have only two ceiling circuits to control, but I may end up with around four or five circuits to control with the addition of rope lighting or table lamps.
I want to be able to set a few scenes such as what would turn on when hitting the main ON when entering the room, A scene for "pause/intermission", A scene for getting some rear room light when watching sports, etc. I probably don't need more than four scenes in total, but the leviton remote dimmer switch (MIR-600) only sets one scene. I also want to initiate the scenes from a programmable remote control (e.g. logitech harmony).
I'd like to retain compatibility with one of the common systems (like x-10 or INSTEON) so that I can use things like plug-in dimmers to dim lamps.
The Insteon wall keypads look like they might do what I want, but the documentation is so dense, I couldn't really tell, and they don't have an IR remote receiver.
This looks like it is closer to what I wanted because it has a built-in IR receiver, but it is discontinued and I am not sure what it really is capable of controlling.
My situation seems so typical. So do you guys use? At first glance, I really didn't understand the programming of the INSTEON keypads. Are they much more compatible and capable than I am giving them credit for?
I want to be able to set a few scenes such as what would turn on when hitting the main ON when entering the room, A scene for "pause/intermission", A scene for getting some rear room light when watching sports, etc. I probably don't need more than four scenes in total, but the leviton remote dimmer switch (MIR-600) only sets one scene. I also want to initiate the scenes from a programmable remote control (e.g. logitech harmony).
I'd like to retain compatibility with one of the common systems (like x-10 or INSTEON) so that I can use things like plug-in dimmers to dim lamps.
The Insteon wall keypads look like they might do what I want, but the documentation is so dense, I couldn't really tell, and they don't have an IR remote receiver.
This looks like it is closer to what I wanted because it has a built-in IR receiver, but it is discontinued and I am not sure what it really is capable of controlling.
My situation seems so typical. So do you guys use? At first glance, I really didn't understand the programming of the INSTEON keypads. Are they much more compatible and capable than I am giving them credit for?
