The company’s Insteon standard is targeted to the do-it-yourself and custom-install markets and will be available in Smarthome-brand products in the first quarter of 2005, said Smarthome’s CEO Joe Dada. Insteon chips will be available on an OEM basis to other suppliers at about the same time.
Insteon products will include in-wall light switches and dimmers; electrical outlets; wall-wart modules that plug into existing electrical outlets; screw-in light-bulb adapters; and in- and on-wall programmable keypads that control such systems as HVAC, security, lighting and drapery. Insteon-equipped adapters and electrical outlets could also be used to control pool pumps, outdoor lighting systems and sprinkler systems.
