Archive for June 17th, 2009
Talking to Frank made it hard to think about anything else !
by on Jun.17, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
I recently saw a home on extreme home makeover which seriously caused me to drool – Everywhere they had installed automatic showers and did a so-so job setting things up. Almost every light knew what the other was doing and even things like the fridge (including ice maker) as well as the hot tub were part of the system.
I’ve been a fan of Zigbee for what seems like forever but seeing something like this, it was wicked and truly remarkable.
I often day dream of letting my house more automated so it can such as running a bath by just asking the house to or checking our grocery list for items we’re missing. maybe some stuff is still several years in the future (it should be noted that some people in the forums are doing it) though some more pragmatic goals like music at the touch of a button have come down in price and inexpensive this year. I think I need to convince the lady writing the cheques... at which point she can focus her energy on the site that got me started on all this: Insteon vs X10
 |
XBee PRO S2 Whip Antenna from Digi Zigbee RF Module |  |
 |
US $27.50 | 13d 16h 3m |
 |
MC1321x IEEE 802154 ZigBee RF4CE Wireless Communications Development Kit | |
|
US $399.00 | 6h 51m |
 |
BASYS Controls Superstat Communicating 365 Day Programmable Thermostat Zigbee | |
|
US $155.55 | 9h 41m |
 |
XBee USB Development board Zigbee Sensor Remote USART converter | |
|
US $22.99 | 13h 48m |
Making our integration of media centers against X10
by on Jun.17, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Changing passions starting with home automation over into home movie rooms isn’t much of a leap in view of the fact that lots of individuals (not counting us) probably started the quest for control of lights using a remote to make the full in-house theatre experience just right. I feel the computer programmed remotes are a key device and we now got one for each one of our tv watching areas. Considering we almost never watch that ‘live’ tv style of watching anymore, it seems there’s perpetually a ton of items to turn on which drove me crazy picking up the first changer followed by the next in line until all the devices were on, only to go backwards on the method after our game was over.
Speaking of remotes, the integration of automation and home entertainment is moving increasingly common each week with quite a few of the prevalent manufacturers showcasing infared control from your house system as of late and so one can now do actions like switching the station of a music player that’s across the apartment having just one’s RF home network tool. There’s a ton to learn, though things are described in more of an easy to understand fashion here: Insteon Controller when compared to most Insteon sites so it’s absolutely a informative location to check out.
It’s useful because he is seriously excited when reviewing this stuff.
