Archive for October 11th, 2009
Mmmmm home automation toys
by on Oct.11, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
With regards to technologies associated with automation I really like recent devices coming out through vendors such as the Z-Wave alliance and the Z-Wave alliance.
It should be noted that the recent products coming out are not in reality as revolutionary as evolutionary seeing as these things could all be done before utilizing existing standard products but nowadays they are offered as a clean little kit. That and now you don’t require a complicated circuit diagram to figure it out.
Looking closer we see a few similarities among the various technologies. For instance, few of the product lineups use cordless devices as signal relays, and it’s hard to find one that doesn’t use radio frequency in some capacity. Beyond this however, things get more interesting – I could try to portray it at this point and make a fool of myself, there’s a site here ISY-99i forum has good discussions showcasing the discrepancies.
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A commercial made it hard to think about anything else
by on Oct.11, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Two weeks ago a sweet house on that show after Lost which probably caused me to drool – They installed domotics and performed a thorough job of putting the pieces together. Almost every ceiling fan could be controlled and even silly things like the inside doors plus the arcade room were talking to each other.
I had been curious about Insteon for a long time but I’d never seen systems like this, it was wicked and truly remarkable.
I always talk about having the house do fancy tasks along the lines of adjusting the temperature for each room or voice alerting us to someone at the door. Many things are a ways in the future (although some houses could do it) nonetheless more practical items for example lighting and music at the touch of a button have come down in price and reasonably priced this year. I think I need to sway my other half... following which she can hold responsible the site that got me started on all this: Insteon home automation
This blog also has some good information: Greg in the desert
