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Re: Re: What is Home Automation?




From: <nick@xxxxxxx>
> > Try comparing a Ford Cortina
> > to a current BMW 7 Series.
> > They are both cars......
>
> Sat here in my Vauxhall Astra (sticking with the above scale), for
> me the one great thing about my HA is that SWMBO makes a point of
> showing everybody that she can close all of the curtains in the
> house with five key presses on the Comfort keypad.

Ahhh, electric windows ;-)

> She has it off to a fine art now - the keys are done and dusted
> before Comfort opens her mouth!  She doesn't want dusk/dawn - she
> likes to be in control.

I think that goes back to the geek factor.  Besides, there's nothing wrong
with an automatic system and a manual override.  That is, assuming the
automated system can recover from the manual override.

Cheers,
Andy
--
http://www.andylaurence.co.uk




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