Archive for August 26th, 2009
She just loves Zigbee
by on Aug.26, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Like most technologies associated with home automation my wallet is at the mercy of recent items developed from companies like Power Control Systems and Power Control Systems.
What’s interesting is that these recent devices developed aren’t so much big a deal as they claim in that they had been created before utilizing existing basic component devices but nowadays they are available as a organized kit. Another perk is these kits don’t need fluke testers around the house to set things up.
There are several correlations amongst the major players. As an example, not one of them use portable devices as signal relays, and it seems like all use RF in some way. Digging deeper though, things get more interesting – I’d rather not struggle to describe it here and make a bunch of errors, there’s a site here ISY-99i forum does a good job of showcasing the differentiators.
Now if anyone has any visions for methods to earn some cash to make up for the latest compulsion, comment below and let me know!
My conversation with Ted made it so I couldn’t sleep …..
by on Aug.26, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
There was a sweet house on abc which almost caused me to drool – They had used Zwave and did a thorough job of the implementation. Close to every overhead light was integrated and even the outside sprinklers plus the bathroom plasmas were accessible from the many panels in the house.
We’ve gotten a kick out of basic home automation for years but we’d not attempted something this advanced, it was amazing and I want everything I saw now.
I always talk about letting our apartment do cool things such as announcing caller ID anywhere in the house or checking our grocery list for items we’re missing. I’ll admit some stuff is a bit out in the future (it should be noted that certain rich folks are in the process of it) however more realistic things like environment modes at the touch of a button are available and affordable this year. The last step is to convince the significant other... at which point she can hold responsible the place where I found the information: Home automation iPhone
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