My intention is to replace my home X10 equipment with Insteon due to reliability issues. I'm running a 1999 homebrew pic based X10 automation system which is need of upgrade. I would rather program my own home automation hardware, rather then using commercial software driven by a PC.

As a non-professional enthusiast, I wanted to find out if the Insteon SDK is useful before I spend the money on it. I also wanted to find out if the Insteon developers forum is supportive and therefore worth spending the money on joining it.

I can't imagine how discussing this violates a software license.

So, back to my original question: Has anyone purchased the SDK?

Did they find it helpful for directly connecting a pic to an insteon powerline interface?

Thanks in advance,

Stuart