Archive for June 24th, 2009
Something made it hard to think about anything else
by on Jun.24, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Two weeks ago this mansion on extreme home makeover which literally made my jaw drop – The house had Insteon and had done a decent job of having it be impressive. Almost every light and fan knew what the rest of the house was doing and I didn’t see this coming but the bath tubs plus the arcade room were controlled by the house.
I’ve been excited by basic home automation for years but I hadn’t even dreamed about systems like this, it was crazy and truly remarkable.
I always talk about letting the house do cool things such as turning on the shower in the morning or checking our grocery list for items we’re missing. maybe some stuff is still several years in terms of general accessibility (despite the fact that some average people have made it work) though some more pragmatic goals for instance lighting control which respond to your moods have come down in price and economical lately. When I get home I will plead my case to the wife...... following which she can blame the link which made me interested in the first place: ISY-99 Insteon
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Home Automation Basics Practical Applications Using Visual Basic 6 Sams Te |  |
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Who loves X-10
by on Jun.24, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
It’s pretty well known that for technologies considered to be home of the future type stuff I pay a lot of attention to most of the recent devices being announced by consortiums like SmartLabs and Home Automation Inc.
The thing is these latest devices being announced aren’t so much novel as they would seem because they likely had been created before utilizing currently accessible readily available items but instead now they’re available as a nice set. Another perk is these kits don’t need a 6 page schematic to get it working.
A few comparisons show us quite a few similarities with the technologies involved. For instance, none of them use handheld remote devices as signal relays, and all the items use RF in some manner. Beyond this however, it gets interesting – I’m not going to venture to express it at this point and mess it up, there’s a site here Insteon switch has good discussions evaluating the discrepancies.
So anyone with any thoughts for ways for me to make some dough to pay for my latest infatuation, for pete’s sake share!
