Archive for April 28th, 2009
A commercial got me started …
by on Apr.28, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
We watched a huge building on the discovery channel that seriously made me want to copy it – Everywhere they had installed automatic showers and had done a excellent job setting things up. Each fireplace knew what the other was doing and stuff like the fridge (including ice maker) plus the gazebo roof were accessible from the controllers everywhere.
My wife and I have liked X10 for a while now but seeing a house like this, it was wicked and I want everything I saw now.
We talk about letting our apartment more automated so it can like running a bath by just asking the house to or voice alerting us to someone at the door. maybe some stuff is still pretty far in the future (despite the fact that certain rich folks have made it work) but items such as lighting control at the touch of a button have come down in price and economical today. The last step is to persuade my financial advisor... then she can focus her energy on the place where it all started: ISY-99
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Mmmmm remote controlled curtains
by on Apr.28, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Just like many devices associated with automation my wallet is at the mercy of any of the new stuff produced through companies such as Home Automation Inc and the Zigbee Alliance.
Almost all of these new products produced are not actually as novel as they would seem due to the fact that these things could be accomplished previously working with existing readily available items but for beginners they’re accessible as a clean little set. As a side benefit these kits don’t need a complicated circuit diagram to figure it out.
Upon closer inspection there are several likenesses with the various technologies. For instance, none of the technologies use battery-operated products as RF repeaters, and they all use RF one way or another. Digging deeper though, it becomes complicated – I could venture to portray it at this point and mess it up, this site ISY-99 has good discussions digging into the differences.
Now if anyone has any thoughts regarding tricks to make a bit of money to pay for the latest compulsion, for pete’s sake pass it along!
