Home Automation Blog

Just like many devices associated with house automation I watch pretty carefully any of the recent releases for sale through companies such as the Z-Wave alliance and Power Control Systems.

Nearly all of the recent items for sale aren’t so much as much of a movement as one would imagine seeing as they could be done previously working with currently accessible basic component items but for beginners they are presented as a nice kit. As a side benefit you won’t need a 6 page schematic to set things up.

Certainly there exist a few correlations between the vendor offerings. As an example, none of the technologies use battery-operated products as signal relays, and it seems like all use wireless communication someway. With other differences however, things get more involved – Rather than attempt to describe it now and make mistakes, there’s a site here ISY-99i forum has pages dedicated to showcasing any divergences.

So if anyone has any visions for ways for me to make a bit of cash to sponsor our new habit, please let me know!