Archive for November 28th, 2009
Nothing beats Creston
by on Nov.28, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
As with all technologies considered to be house automation I pay a lot of attention to any new stuff being announced through places like SmartLabs and Home Automation Inc.
The thing is these new devices being announced shouldn’t be considered actually as novel as they would seem due to the fact that they could be done before using existing off-the-shelf devices but for beginners they’re accessible as a organized set. As a side benefit you won’t need a 6 page schematic to set things up.
A deeper look shows us a few correlations with the technologies involved. As an example, not one of the offerings use handheld remote products as message repeaters, and they all use advanced RF one way or another. Looking deeper still, it becomes more interesting – I could endeavor to outline it myself and make mistakes, this place Zwave products has good discussions talking about any differentiators.
Now anyone with any visions for how I can bring in sufficient funds to cover the recent infatuation, don’t hesitate to let me know!
Talking to Frank got me thinking …
by on Nov.28, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
There was a sweet house on that show after Lost that seriously caused me to drool – They had used X10 and performed a pretty decent job of the implementation. Every overhead light knew what the rest of the house was doing and even things like the dishwasher plus the gazebo roof were part of the system.
I have loved lighting control for a long time but I had never seen a dream house like this, it was crazy and I want everything I saw now.
I’ve thought about having where we’re living more automated so it can along the lines of announcing caller ID anywhere in the house or voice alerting us to someone at the door. I’ll admit some stuff is most realistically a couple years in terms of general accessibility (despite the fact that some people could do it) however more practical items for example environment modes at the touch of a button should be locally available and affordable lately. Now it’s just up to me to persuade the lady writing the cheques... following which she can hold responsible the page which made me interested in the first place: ISY-99 Insteon
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How to Control and Use Photographic Lighting by David Brooks |  |
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US $9.99 | 6h 16m |
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LUTRON WIRELESSRAHOME LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM IVORY GLOSS SWITHCHESCONTROLS | |
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US $470.00 | 9h 57m |
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Lutron AuroRa Wireless Lighting Control System White | |
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US $279.99 | 11h 22m |
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95W Solar lighting systemPVsolar panel mountled flood lightsolar controller | |
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US $689.00 | 7h 43m |
