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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 90722" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: Clever way to interconnect networked devices?It is actually a pretty old idea to send information over power lines. One old consumer product used the technology to drive remote hifi speakers. The problem with the technology for more professional applications is sometimes there is interference on those mains circuits. Fast forward a few decades and we now have superior technology to do this with, while we still have to deal with mains wiring issues. One new issue, is that utilities are increasingly using data over distribution to read meters automatically and handle time of day load shuffling. So utility signaling could interfere with other mains wiring traffic. I still see this as possibly viable for short run sends to powered speakers that will always need a line cord. It may be a tradeoff between simple RF and RF over the mains lead, and there are pros and cons about both.&nbsp; A long power cord can be smaller gauge that a long speaker wire at modest power levels.&nbsp; My crystal ball still tells me a RF network with enough bandwidth for data and control. As usual it doesn&#039;t tell me when. :-(JR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 90722, member: 126"] Re: Clever way to interconnect networked devices? It is actually a pretty old idea to send information over power lines. One old consumer product used the technology to drive remote hifi speakers. The problem with the technology for more professional applications is sometimes there is interference on those mains circuits. Fast forward a few decades and we now have superior technology to do this with, while we still have to deal with mains wiring issues. One new issue, is that utilities are increasingly using data over distribution to read meters automatically and handle time of day load shuffling. So utility signaling could interfere with other mains wiring traffic. I still see this as possibly viable for short run sends to powered speakers that will always need a line cord. It may be a tradeoff between simple RF and RF over the mains lead, and there are pros and cons about both. A long power cord can be smaller gauge that a long speaker wire at modest power levels. My crystal ball still tells me a RF network with enough bandwidth for data and control. As usual it doesn't tell me when. :-( JR [/QUOTE]

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