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On 01/09/2017 11:48 AM, DJ Delorie wrote:
> Sweet!
> 
> I first thought "Wow!  What a great idea!"
> 
> Then I thought "There's not a switchable outlet in my entire house..."

  Really??  Wow.

> Also, why not a ground pin?

  That was what they requested.  But reasoning-wise, it's just for
simple household lighting, which is nearly all two-prong.

> Is the radio protocol going to be open, so you could control an outlet
> from your computer?  Assuming you had the right hardware, of course.

  I don't know; that's not my call, I'm just a contract engineer on the
project.  But based on my discussions with them, I doubt it.  There are
plenty of products in that space already; this is intended for the very
simplest application which has, as yet, gone mostly unaddressed.

            -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA