Home Automation Blog

The majority of days I like work, but there are times when the drive by itself is reason enough to convince me to move far away. A million lousy drivers with hardly any thoughts to the thing in front of them. To top it off, I spilled the stupid coffee driving in to the stall...
There's always tomorrow.

When dealing with items related to automation I really like the new devices produced through vendors like the Z-Wave alliance and SmartLabs.

Nearly all of the recent items produced aren’t so much much of a step forward as you’d think seeing as this stuff was accomplished other ways working with available off-the-shelf stuff but for beginners they’re offered as a nice package. One other thing is these kits don’t need an electrical engineering degree to figure it out.

Looking closer we see a lot of likenesses with the product lineups. One such similarity, not one of them use battery-operated items as RF boosters, and nearly all devices use advanced RF in some capacity. Digging deeper still, things become involved – I’m not going to endeavor to describe it here and make mistakes, there’s a site here Home automation iPhone is better at analyzing some of the differentiators.

So if you have any thoughts on tricks to bring in enough funds to sponsor the recent addiction, comment below and pass it along!

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.

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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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.