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Re:HomeKit by gergles on Monday June 02, 2014 @04:39PM (#7836209)
Here's hoping the "common protocol" they mentioned in the keynote is Z-Wave (strongly suggested base on Tim's use of the word "scenes" and the vendor list they put up) and not some Apple proprietary garbage. I'm still bitter about FaceTime being an 'open standard'.
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Re:HomeKit by jasonpbecker on Monday June 02, 2014 @04:48PM (#7836267)
Many are bitter about that, myself included. But it was an intellectual property issue, out of Apple's control.[0]

[0]: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20236114

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Re:HomeKit by judk on Monday June 02, 2014 @11:22PM (#7837970)
A patent (troll, btw) doesn't stop Apple from letting other clients connect to the network. Those clients could decide if they want to deal with the risk of infringement judgments.

And Apple could have chosen to use one of many existing alternative session initiation algorithms.

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Re:HomeKit by JackWebbHeller on Monday June 02, 2014 @05:49PM (#7836687)
Is Z-Wave the same thing as a Zigbee mesh network? I know that's what Philips Hue uses.
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Re:HomeKit by michaelvanham on Monday June 02, 2014 @06:04PM (#7836787)
zwave and zigbee are similar but competing standards. the devices are not interchangeable but some home automation controllers support both.

more info: http://m.electronicdesign.com/communications/what-s-differen...

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Re:HomeKit by klinquist on Monday June 02, 2014 @06:56PM (#7837025)
Yep. SmartThings supports both and has an open API.
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