Hi,
Our house is quite large (±6500 sf) and makes great use of the X10 technology: ±90 circuits all controlled by X10 wall transmitters and LM465 modules.
Since 1991, I have been a happy user of this system. Overtime, I experienced a few ghost signal problems for which I always found a solution. We live on the country, so ghost signals always originates from our house and not from the far neighbours.
My actual problem is more of concern about the future of my setup in relation with the value of our house. What are my options for the future or what will they be for a perspective buyer that will have to consider if this legacy system is an asset or not ?
My house is natively wired for X10, meaning that every circuit (±90) of light of our house is wired too facilitate the use of X10 modules and technology. That cost a-lot originally but has proven a very good investment. In short, each circuit are directed to a gray box in the basement that accommodates 4 x LM465 modules. All those modules are controlled in each room by a X10 wall transmitter that has 1 to 4 buttons, each button controlling a specific circuit.
This being said, what are my serious technology options (Insteon, Zigbee, Z-wave, ...) ? I want to modernise the system but also want to make the best use of the actual set up. I would prefer using the same infrastructure (the wall transmitters's wire and boxes, the LM465 grey box). Rewiring everything is not what I would like to do, but do I have to ? Is there a newer technology that will be more efficient and for which I would only have to replace my LM465 modules and the actual wall transmitters ?
Thanks for helping me finding an upgrade path.