Archive for April 19th, 2009
Starting the marriage of home cinema and remote control lighting …
by on Apr.19, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Changing passions from lighting control into home movie rooms is not that big of a stretch bearing in mind lots of users (including me) probably kicked off their curiosity for mood lighting via a remote to make the perception of in-house theatre experience just right. Personally the AMX clickers have turned out to be a marvel and we use one for each one of our house’s tv sets (the one you see is mounted using a Peerless SA740 btw, since some people have asked). Considering we just don’t do the ‘live’ tv style of watching at all, it seems there’s almost always so many devices to switch on which I hated - grabbing one clicker and then the subsequent one until all the devices were on, before we have to repeat the process after the show was completed.
Speaking of remotes, the merger of lighting control and entertainment is getting nearer every week with most innovating vendors offering infrared integration from a home system recently and because of this anyone with an interest can do stuff such as scripting a stereo which could be clear across the apartment having just your RF house tool. There’s a ton to learn, although things are elaborated on in more of an easy to understand fashion at this Insteon site Home automation iPhone than some websites so it is definitely a good site to read through.
That guy is almost scarily passionate when discussing technology.
My call with Quinn got me planning !
by on Apr.19, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Two weeks ago a home on the news that totally made my jaw drop – The house had Zwave and did a thorough job of the implementation. Nearly every ceiling fan was part of the automation and stuff like the phones plus the arcade room were accessible from the many panels in the house.
My passion has been Zigbee for what seems like forever but I’d never seen systems like this, it was wicked and I’m still in shock.
I’ve thought about having my house do fancy tasks like adjusting the temperature for each room or displaying the news in the bathroom mirror. I’ll admit some stuff is most realistically a couple years in the future (despite the fact that some average people have made it work) but more realistic things like lighting control which can be changed over the internet are available and economical recently. When I get home I will convince the wife... at which point she can focus her energy on the place where it all started: Insteon review
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XBee PRO S2 Whip Antenna from Digi Zigbee RF Module |  |
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US $27.50 | 13d 16h 57m |
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MC1321x IEEE 802154 ZigBee RF4CE Wireless Communications Development Kit | |
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US $399.00 | 7h 45m |
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BASYS Controls Superstat Communicating 365 Day Programmable Thermostat Zigbee | |
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US $155.55 | 10h 35m |
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XBee USB Development board Zigbee Sensor Remote USART converter | |
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US $22.99 | 14h 42m |
