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During the last Neptune's Live Stream, Terrence announced that the WXM is being discontinued. He explained that EcoTech has made it clear they don’t want their products to work with 3rd parties. Sadly, this was under speculation for a while after EcoTech refused to allow the WXM to control the Vectra, then the Versa, and now the G5 lights that are Bluetooth only.
Some companies have been playing hardball for some time instead of trying to be collaborative so the end-user could have multiple products in a cohesive system.
I was actually expecting Neptune Systems to expand and deepen collaborations to increase compatibility with even more products, but with this "curve-ball," it will be interesting what they will do and what we will see in the market with future releases.
It is disappointing for those of us who are heavily invested in EcoTech as this may force me to consider other options when I decide to upgrade my lights. I don't blame any company for wanting a larger piece of the pie though. This industry surprises me every day.
Being in IT and having to use multiple applications to monitor thousands of devices, I surely appreciate it when you can have control under a single pane of glass. (Our industry seems to be going the opposite way and everything being standalone).
This being said since six of my ten Radion G4 Pros are brand new, I hope the technology is pretty far more advanced to the point where I have to upgrade the entire monitoring system anyways. In the meantime, I think I will need a spare WXM just in case!
Thoughts?
Some companies have been playing hardball for some time instead of trying to be collaborative so the end-user could have multiple products in a cohesive system.
I was actually expecting Neptune Systems to expand and deepen collaborations to increase compatibility with even more products, but with this "curve-ball," it will be interesting what they will do and what we will see in the market with future releases.
It is disappointing for those of us who are heavily invested in EcoTech as this may force me to consider other options when I decide to upgrade my lights. I don't blame any company for wanting a larger piece of the pie though. This industry surprises me every day.
Being in IT and having to use multiple applications to monitor thousands of devices, I surely appreciate it when you can have control under a single pane of glass. (Our industry seems to be going the opposite way and everything being standalone).
This being said since six of my ten Radion G4 Pros are brand new, I hope the technology is pretty far more advanced to the point where I have to upgrade the entire monitoring system anyways. In the meantime, I think I will need a spare WXM just in case!
Thoughts?
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