Archive for July 24th, 2009
How frustrating, I despise 2 hour delays on the way in!
by on Jul.24, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
The majority of days I take satisfaction in my workplace, but there are times when the traffic alone is all that’s needed to cause me to resign. There are poor drivers with barely any thoughts to the thing in front of them. Adding to this, what happens next? I spilled my tea just as I pulled into the parking garage...
Another day another dollar.
Thoughts of domotics
by on Jul.24, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Just like many things associated with house automation I pay a lot of attention to some of the recent devices developed from vendors such as the Zigbee Alliance and SmartLabs.
The thing is the recent items developed aren’t actually as as much of a movement as one would imagine seeing as they had been created before using existing basic parts but for beginners they are offered as a organized set. One other thing is now you don’t feel like you need an electrical engineering degree to get it working.
A deeper look shows us numerous similarities with the major players. For example, few of them use battery-operated items as message relays, and nearly all devices use RF in some manner. Beyond this however, things get more a bit complex – I’d rather not venture to describe it now and explain things poorly, a site like this Insteon Controller does a good job of analyzing some of the divergences.
That said anyone with thoughts on ways to bring in sufficient cash to fund our new addiction, comment below and let me know!
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