Archive for March 28th, 2009
Every once in a while, I friggin hate pileups on the way in!
by on Mar.28, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Some days I don’t mind working downtown, but sometimes the drive coming in is all it takes to make me want to resign. Just so many poor motorists coupled with hardly any concentration to the road. Making things worse, what happens next? I hit my coffee on the way in to the parking garage...
Grrrr.
So many questions about remote controlled curtains
by on Mar.28, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
It’s pretty well known that for things considered to be home of the future type stuff I’m a big fan of recent stuff developed from places like the Z-Wave alliance and the Z-Wave alliance.
What’s interesting is that the recent devices developed aren’t in reality as novel as they would seem because they had been created through other means utilizing existing readily available products but instead now they’re available as a tidy kit. That and these kits don’t feel like you need a 6 page schematic to make it work.
A few comparisons show us many likenesses amongst the product lineups. One such similarity, not one of them use handheld remote items as signal repeaters, and all the items use advanced RF to strengthen signals. Beyond this though, it becomes more interesting – I’m not going to try to explain it now and explain things poorly, a site like this ISY-99i review has pages dedicated to talking about the differentiators.
Now anyone with any thoughts relating to ways to bring in enough funds to fund my recent habit, please help me out!
