I would like to see a wireless bridge to connect to separate buildings with separate power feeds. I have a shop building that is about 100' from my house. I would like to control shop lights from my house. Following someone's suggestion, I tried using 2 of the outdoor remote switches that are connected on the outside of each bdg. It worked great for the first few weeks but now it only works ocassionally. The signal is just too weak. They should be able to produce a unit with a stronger radio. (My car remote works just fine; I can get wifi from the house, too) but the insteon signal is just weak. Maybe a unit with external antennas. It also might be that the metal case of the outdoor switch actually impedes the signal. (I know the signal will not penetrate my garage door.)
Perhaps another solution would be a 'slave' hub/controller. Since I have ethernet connectivity then by putting a slave hub in the shop then it can communicate with the house hub over ethernet/wifi.
One more... A bridge device that could connect 220V and be installed inside the electrical panel to bridge both "hot" busses of the panel.
Perhaps another solution would be a 'slave' hub/controller. Since I have ethernet connectivity then by putting a slave hub in the shop then it can communicate with the house hub over ethernet/wifi.
One more... A bridge device that could connect 220V and be installed inside the electrical panel to bridge both "hot" busses of the panel.
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