X10 WM100 Wi-Fi HUB for Android and Apple Devices

This product has been long-awaited! Our entire home is set up with X10 modules and we used to use the Home Pro unit and software. However that software was never updated for Windows 10 so we haven't done much with X10 over the last five or six years. This WIFI unit gives X10 new life in our home! One thing to make note of is that you need to do a bit of a workaround when they're setting up scenes and as part of that seeing you want a unit to dim. The work around it involves setting up some bogus units and doing a command to turn on the unit you are trying to control, then do a command to the bogus unit, then do another command to the unit you're trying to control turning it to the dim setting that you wish. For some reason the system won't just turn a device on and set it to the dim setting without this work around in a scene. Once I figured that out everything else has been excellent!

I've had X10 gadgets for a while... The mileage "can" vary. If you have really clean power, all "can" be well. Any arcing and sparking - and, these critters can be possessed of demons. And - That is just with an Rf remote. This critter adds a multitude of addition - what ifs. Adding the internet (the internet of things) is not quite the brave new world that they pose it to be. Here again, it boils down to "clean internet" "stable power" "hand of God" - etc. For reasons only known to your internet provider (and oft times even they are clueless) the router/WiFi/Modem - thingy will selectively eject/reject/lock-out any IoT device that it feels like. In a nod to MicroSloth WinWoes, the fix is to always reset/reboot/unplug/sacrifice-a-chicken, in order, to re-handshake with all the devices. Sometimes - that even works. (or, not) The instructions for setting it up are fascinating if not informative. Once one learns the language, it may even possibly be correct. For those unfamiliar with the lingo, it might as well be Chinese. Can X10 be blamed for operator incompetence ? = sure, why not - they aren't here to defend themselves. This unit replaced an earlier unit. After years of rotten power, thunderstorms, multiple internet providers - it decided that enough was enough. It had become less and less reliable has it went in to Alzheimer's. The replacement seems to have a bit more functionality - doing basically the same thing - better. Registering the old phone app to the new Hub was interesting - and, eventually successful. Syncing other device apps was equally mystifying prior to success. Bottom Line: It works. It probably works a little better. I can't quite wrap my mind around how the near random number of buttons that I pushed resulted in getting it all to work... When all else fails - fall back on Dumb Luck. My main gripe would be with instructions, which seem to be written at a level of basic Phd computer scientist. A glossary of terms would be helpful. I'm sure that what is available is technically correct, if you install 10 of these things a day. For a cold install, it needs more of a "I don't do this for a living approach."

Mist modern wifi networks are not 2.4Ghz. This product works ONLY with 2.4. so unless you know how to set up a separate 2.4 access point, this is a paperweight.

For those of you struggling, if you get 'unknown ssid' enable your gps/location on your phone and try again. To to the review... This unit is good hardware, but the software looks and feels like something a kid cooked up. It is like windows 95 on your phone. It is clunky, ugly, and limited. Dimmer settings only have 12 levels that don't include the 'standard' x10 range of their other devices (read you can't dim as much as you are used to). It also doesn't work with the 'standard' x10 rf channel 1. Did I mention that is barely an improvement on a dos app? You will not be wowed, you will not be happy, you will feel you bought something that will be dead in a few short years (it is garbage afterall, and requires their servers to run). A few short years is generous too...forums make it should like this will be discontinued if it hasn't been already. Still considering it? Don't. Find an alternative like smartenit or, if able, build out on the various open source arduino/pi projects floating around. Chances are that is what this company used.

I was so happy with this purchase that I bought another one to hook up at my parents’ house. With this unit, I can now control my existing X10 wall switches and lamp modules with easy from my iPhone both from home and when I’m away. The dawn to dusk feature was easy to set up and I like having the security option for certain lights to give the house a lived in look. Dimmer functionality is much improved over the old RF remotes and is much more accurate. The only glitch I ran into was trying to pair my iPad with the unit once I had it working on my phone. I can’t get the WM100 to recognize my iPad as a secondary controller? If you enjoy controlling your home automated devices from your phone and you already have X10 devices this is a must have device!

It's not that often that a product works 100% as described and right out of the box, this one does. Everything works perfectly including the control of lights, etc. when outside the home WIFI network. If any improvements could be made it would be to increase the number of allowable X10 devices and the addition of an Alexa interface. Great long awaited product!