How laggy is the 5500CN?

I would assume that the direct serial/usb connector is somewhat faster that the ethernet interface. Is the 5500CN noticeably laggier?

Also I am assuming that the 5500CN plugs into the c-bus side and into a router so any IP enabled device can talk through it to c-bus?

 

I've never been able to pick the speed difference between any of those devices. The data rate that the various software tools communicate with the C-Bus interface is 9600 baud, which is quite a bit slower than the 10Mbit Ethernet device in the 5500CN. Internally, the 5500CN uses 9600 baud too.

Any Ethernet device that can open a socket connection can talk to the 5500CN. Be aware that the 5500CN can only accept a single connection at any given time. If you want to have multiple devices communicating to a C-Bus network over IP you should consider a Wiser, as the Wiser can handle multiple connections and then sends the requests across it's C-Bus interface.

 

Good to know, thanks newman. I was looking at a using some flush wall mounted iPad/iPod as "smart" keypads to my system. I'd certainly want more than one.

If I was running C-Gate with the 5500CN and had my iPad/iPod's talking to c-gate then in effect I would be doing the same thing as wiser... many endpoints connected to 1 c-gate, then 1 cgate talking to 1 5500CN, is this correct?