Suggestions Please!

["krellboyne" <aardvaark@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Everybody,
I have been collecting bits of HA equipment for a couple of years
with a view to getting a new house  and starting with HA seriously.

Well the house price hike has resigned me to living in a rented
house for quite a while. This is where you folks come in!

It would be great if you seasoned HA veterens would offer me
suggestions as to how I can use the equipment I have in a fun and
useful way, without doing too much damage to walls & ceilings etc
and can be easily taken with me when I do get my own place.

The main things I would like to try are projects that will enhance
my Home Theatre set-up and help with security matters (the house has
a next to useless old alarm system, and is in an area that is
getting more dodgy by the day) anything that will help on these
fronts will be well received.

For my part I will offer as much feedback as I can. on the success
of these ideas.

The equipment i have available is as follows:

.................MY HA EQUIPMENT...........................
1x dedicated PC (90MHz Pentium 64 RAM 4GB HDD, LAN, Modem, Win 98)
1x Copy Homeseer v5
1x Marmitek HA Starter Kit (containing 1x 4in1 Remote + 1x X10 Radio
receiver)
4x Home control Starter Kits (Each containing 1x Lamp Module, 1x
Appliance module, 1x PC Serial Port interface "Home Control"
Software)
2x Bayonet fitting Light Modules (no dimming)
5x Appliance Modules
3x lamp Modules
1x marmitek Radio Key-Ring Remote
2x US-UK Voltage Inverters (waiting to be used with something cool
that is not available in UK)
2x 500watt Extenal Halogen lights with built in motion detectors

...............ARRIVING THIS WEEK.........................
1x Touchscreen tablet PC (Just bought from EBay in the US spec as
follows:
CPU: 133 MHZ Pentium AMD Am5x86WB. Memory: 32MB EDO RAM
HDD: 2.5" EIDE, shock mounted, 1.0 GB.
LCD Resolution: 640X480 dot displays 65,536 colors.
LCD Size: 8.4 in.
Dimension: 10.25 X 7.0 X 1.5 inches
Audio: Sound Blaster Pro Compatible.
Battery: Rechargable Lithium-Ion: 10.8 V, 2700 mAH.
External Power: 16 VDC, 2.5 A. Voltage 115/120V.
Built-In I/O: (1) 2 PCMCIA sockets - Type II/III (2) DB-9 pin-male
Serial Port RS-232 (3) Parallel 25pin-female port (4)
Keyboard/Mouse:PS/2 Mini DIN (5)DC power socket-In (6)
Microphone/Headphone: 3 mm jack (7) Infrared Port: IrDA 1.0.
Network: Ethernet 10/100 MBPS.
Modem: V90 56K Data/Fax Global Access.
LCD Technology: TFT (active matrix) Color LCD with backlight

..........................MY A/V EQUIPMENT..........................

1X 32" 100Hz Widescreen TV
1x Thompson Tivo (unaltered)
1x LG Multi-region DVD (No Macrovision)
1x Panasonic S-VHS Nicam Video
1x Pioneer Laserdisk Player
1x Sony STR-DB8930 A/V Amplifier
1x Sony Playstation 2
1x Epson EMP500 LCD Projector (s-Video, Composite, SVGA inputs)with
IR remote control
1x Bedroom Nicam Video & TV
1x Telewest Digital Cable Box (Can be controlled By Tivo)
1x Gigavideo 30 Wireless Video Sender/Receiver with IR transmission

......................COMPUTER EQUIPMENT.................

1x Broadband Internet Link
1x Wireless Router
2x Non-dedicated PCs (Athlon 2200XP + decent Specs)Wireless-Networked
1X palm IIIc
1x HP Jornada 454 Pocket PC


I really hope you folks take me up on this offer

Best Wishes

Mike Lucas






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