Archive for June 20th, 2009
Some days, I friggin hate traffic that make me late!
by on Jun.20, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
There are days I enjoy my day job, but sometimes the drive to work is all that’s needed to make me want not to show up. Too many stupid sheeple with barely any concentration to the pavement. Adding insult to injury, I then hit my carefully balanced coffee making my way in to the garage...
Another day another dollar.
She just loves remote lighting
by on Jun.20, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
It’s pretty well known that for devices considered to be domotics I’m a big fan of any recent stuff for sale by places such as Home Automation Inc and the Z-Wave alliance.
Many of these recent products for sale are not so much novel as they would seem since they has been done before working with other basic items but for those starting out they’re accessible as a tidy kit. As a side benefit these kits don’t require a complicated circuit diagram to understand how it works.

A few comparisons show us many similarities with the product lineups. For instance, almost none of the product lineups use handheld remote products as signal boosters, and all the items use radio waves as a backup. With other differences though, it gets more a bit complex – I’m not going to struggle to explain it at this point and make mistakes, a site like this Insteon home automation has pages dedicated to evaluating some of the contrast points.
Now if you have thoughts regarding ways to pull together sufficient moolah to make up for my latest compulsion, please share!