Archive for July 23rd, 2009
Re-trying my incorporation of theatre rooms despite having lighting control …
by on Jul.23, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Moving starting with automation to home entertainment shouldn’t be much of a leap taking into account most people (including me) almost certainly kicked off their exploration for control of lights via a integrated control unit to make the perception of theatre room experience ideal. In my mind the touchscreen controllers are a godsend and we now use one for virtually all of our tv sets. When you consider that we never do the ‘live’ tv thing at all, there’s perpetually way too many devices to flick on and it drove me crazy using the first control and then the next until it was ready, before we have to go backwards on the method once whatever I was watching was over and done with.
That said, the incorporation of automation technologies with home entertainment is moving increasingly common each time I check with quite a few of the more innovating companies making infrared control from a house network as of late and as a result anyone with an interest can do things like scripting a receiver which could be across the house having the RF Zwave device. Neat stuff, although it is explained with more of a tutorial style here: Zwave devices when compared to some Insteon sites so it is definitely a good spot to see.
It’s great – the writer is seriously excited about home automation.
Something made it hard to think about anything else .
by on Jul.23, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
We watched a killer house on extreme home makeover which literally made my jaw drop – Everywhere they had installed Zigbee and did a really fantastic job of having it be impressive. Each light knew what the rest of the house was doing and things like the outside sprinklers plus the heated floors were eerily controlled.
I always liked Zwave for what seems like forever but I’d never seen systems like this, it was inspiring and I want everything I saw now.
Sometimes I dream of letting the house do fancy tasks such as following me with music through the house or displaying the news in the bathroom mirror. Although these situations are still pretty far in terms of general accessibility (it should be noted that there are people that are in the process of it) on the other hand some more pragmatic goals such as music which can be changed over the internet should be locally available and easy(er) on the pocket recently. In order to make this happen I need to persuade my financial advisor...... after which she can focus her energy on the link that got me started on all this: Zwave vs Insteon
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GE 45609 Z Wave Wireless Lighting Control On Off Switch |  |
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US $39.99 | 6d 20h 14m |
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Aeon Labs Z Wave Z Stick Series 2 USB Dongle | |
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US $73.00 | 20h 42m |
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Mi Casa Verde Vera 3 Z Wave Controller | |
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US $299.99 | 22h 40m |
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2gig CNTRL2 Z WAVE Wireless Control Panel | |
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US $132.99 | 23h 52m |
