Archive for October 8th, 2009
My chat with Susie got me thinking
by on Oct.08, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Two weeks ago a sweet house on abc which literally made me salivate – They were using speech recognition and had done a thorough job of putting the pieces together. Nearly every sprinkler had a remote control and I think even the fridge (including ice maker) plus the pool were eerily controlled.
I always liked Insteon for forever but I’d never seen a house like this, it was amazing and I’m still in shock.
Sometimes I dream of having my place do fancy tasks such as adjusting the temperature for each room or checking our grocery list for items we’re missing. Some of these things are most realistically a couple years in the future (despite the fact that some groups could do it) on the other hand items for instance music at the touch of a button are ubiquitous and easy(er) on the pocket lately. Now it’s just up to me to win over my other half- at which point she can focus her energy on the link that got me started on all this: X10 home automation
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2856D2B ICON Dimmer INSTEON Plug In Dimmer Module |  |
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US $19.99 | 29d 14h 39m |
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2443 Access Point INSTEON Wireless Phase Coupler | |
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US $19.99 | 26d 3h 1m |
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INSTEON 2440BK RemoteLinc Black Remote | |
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US $29.99 | 7d 14h 41m |
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2486D WH6 KeypadLinc Dimmer INSTEON 6 Button Keypad | |
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US $49.99 | 29d 14h 41m |
Making our crossover points of media centers with automation technology …
by on Oct.08, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Going starting with home automation into in-house theatres shouldn’t be much of a evolution taking into account many folks (not counting us) probably started their curiosity for mood lighting using a harmony remote to make the perception of movie room experience ideal. We found that the Logitech Harmony controllers have turned out to be a marvel and we now bought one for virtually all of our house’s tv’s. Since I just don’t do the ‘live’ tv thing at all, it seems there’s always so many things to turn on and it I hated - picking up the first control followed by the subsequent one until things were setup, only to go backwards on the procedure once our game was done.
Speaking of remotes, the integration of items from Zwave with home entertainment is becoming increasingly common each week with almost all prevalent companies releasing IR management from a domotics system recently and as a result you can then perform stuff such as controlling a radio in an adjacent room of the place having just your handheld Zwave tool. Can you tell I’m excited? It’s neat, though the finer points are explained in more of an easy to understand fashion at ISY-99i review than some places so it is definitely a good place which simplifies things amazingly well.
It’s useful because he is way too enthusiastic regarding automation devices.
