Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!zardoz.cpd.com!dhw68k!ofa123!rick From: rick@ofa123.fidonet.org (Rick Ellis) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: CEBus? Message-ID: <868.26C22300@ofa123.fidonet.org> Date: 10 Aug 90 02:28:48 GMT Organization: Universal Electronics Inc., Tustin CA Lines: 35 On Paul Meyer writes: PM> Being the home electronics/automation nut that I am (I'm PM> trying to wire my Mac into an IR controller right now) I'd love to have PM> the CEBus type of system in my house. Can anyone give any estimates as PM> to when a usable standard will arise, and how long after that Consumer PM> Electronics manufacturers (read Japan) will start using the standard? I'd hate to try guessing when the standard will actually be adopted but much of it is somewhat usable as it now stands. From what I've seen most of the current debate concerns transport methods. (For powerline the debate is about using spread-spectrum or not.) PM> My real goal is to be able to plug a PC into the CEBus, with all PM> my stereo/TV/VCR/thermostat stuff, and even my coffee maker and lights PM> and such eventually, and be able to have total remote control of my PM> house from a single remote hooked into my computer. The technology is PM> there, its just a matter of showing there is a market and setting up a PM> standard. That's what CEBus is about. I've been running a home automation mailing list for a while now, let me know if you'd like to be added. -- Rick Ellis Internet: rick@ofa123.fidonet.org BBS: 714 939-1041 2400/1200/300