Archive for November 23rd, 2009
I need Creston
by on Nov.23, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Just like many things considered to be automation I watch pretty carefully any of the recent devices developed from consortiums such as SmartLabs and Power Control Systems.
Nearly all of these new items developed aren’t really as big a deal as they claim in that they has been built before working with currently accessible basic component parts but instead now they’re available as a tidy set. As a side benefit now you don’t need fluke testers around the house to get it working.
A deeper look shows us a few correlations with the brands. One such similarity, few of the offerings use portable products as RF boosters, and it seems like all use radio waves in some capacity. With other differences however, things get involved – I’m not going to attempt to express it at this point and explain things poorly, this site Zwave vs Insteon has good discussions stressing the discrepancies.
Now anyone with thoughts regarding how I can make enough funds to make up for our new obsession, for pete’s sake pass it along!
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A commercial got me planning …
by on Nov.23, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Two weeks ago a huge building on abc which almost made me stare – They had used automatic showers and had done a pretty decent job of having it be impressive. Every window curtain knew what the other was doing and since this was an extreme case the phones as well as the gazebo roof were accessible from the controllers everywhere.
I’ve been a fan of Zigbee for forever but thinking about a system of this caliber, it was crazy and truly remarkable.
I often day dream of having the current place do fancy tasks like running a bath by just asking the house to or voice alerting us to someone at the door. maybe some stuff is still several years in the future (it should be noted that some houses have made it work) though more realistic things such as lighting and music for parties or relaxing have come down in price and reasonably priced lately. When I get home I will sway my lovely wife... after which she can blame the place that got me interested: X10 home automation
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XBee PRO S2 Whip Antenna from Digi Zigbee RF Module |  |
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US $27.50 | 13d 16h 19m |
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MC1321x IEEE 802154 ZigBee RF4CE Wireless Communications Development Kit | |
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US $399.00 | 7h 7m |
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BASYS Controls Superstat Communicating 365 Day Programmable Thermostat Zigbee | |
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US $155.55 | 9h 57m |
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XBee USB Development board Zigbee Sensor Remote USART converter | |
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US $22.99 | 14h 4m |
