Re: Home Automation in the UK

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-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Lidstone <patrick-lidstone@xxxxxxx>
To: ukha@xxxxxxx <ukha@xxxxxxx>
Date: 04 Eylül 1998 Cuma 12:42
Subject: Re: [ukha] Home Automation in the UK


>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ukha@xxxxxxx <ukha@xxxxxxx>
>To: 'UKHA List' <ukha@xxxxxxx>
>Date: 03 September 1998 21:52
>Subject: [ukha] Home Automation in the UK
>
>
>Hi All,
>
>>From the recent flurry of activity on this list it seems that there
are
>several of us
>designing our own systems due to the high cost or non availability of
>commercial
>products. It also seems that there is a certain amount of duplication
with
2
>or 3
>people developing almost identical lighting systems etc.
>
>It would be great if we could all pool ideas and come up with a set of
"UKHA
>standards"
>which could either be based on existing commercial products or be
tailored
>to the
>UK/European market.
>
>[Snip]
>
>-----End Original Message-------
>
>
>It's not just hardware either -- it's software. I've had to knock up
driver
>software for the ActiveHome X10 PC interface, the solwise caller id
box,
and
>IR control, for example, to run under Linux. If there was sufficient
>interest I'd be happy to tidy this stuff up, and post it to the net
>(probably as freeware).
>
>Incidentally, I've found Linux to be ideal for HA use - inherent
multiuser
>support, great reliability, and it'll happily run on a very low spec.
486.
>And best of all, it's free!
>
>On the hardware side - I'd love to see a wall pattress LCD panel with
say 4
>push button switches controlled over RS232 or 485 with some sort of
>multi-drop protocol - so I could have a low cost reliable menu driven
user
>interface for each room. I've come across some LCD modules from Jameco
in
>the US that have virtually all the hardware required - but I doubt I
could
>get a professional finish if I mounted these up.
>
>A sensibly priced two way handheld remote (RF based perhaps?) with a
two
>line LCD and half a dozen buttons - which my PC could transmit
information
>to in real time - would be a godsend too. The RF modules in the Maplin
>catalogue look as if they might be just the thing...
>
>Patrick
>
>
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