Re: What is Home Automation?

["solentelectricalservices" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK bit of an odd way to get some feed back but it worked. I could=20
have banged on about all of the jobs from low end budget to high end=20
stupidity here but I choose not too. My definition is very clear and=20
I feel I nearly have the package of products to prove this.=20

For the guy with the back injury my sympathies I have also a severe=20
back problem with one disc removed and more to follow so I=20
understand this fully. I have also done several very simple x10 jobs=20
for wheelchair users and 1 fantastic girl with serablepolsy (excuse=20
spelling) which changed her life.=20

Interesting feed back and im sure more will follow, yes we have all=20
done some wonderful things and im sure like me there are some just=20
to good to share, but again my point of the posting I think is we=20
need to agree on a standard base standard so for one good reason=20
anyone wiring a new or existing building can make preparation for=20
cables they would need now and in the future.=20

BTW I am thinking of writing a book about my experiences with HA and=20
some of this makes fantastic reading, prophet however will go to=20
fund automated homes for the disabled as im involved in some=20
projects which have no funding for this.





--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Ake Hedman <akhe@b...> wrote:
> David,
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> thats an excellent example of how it should work and also what the=20
o.p.=20
> was after I think.  Best way to accomplish this is with small=20
> intelligent devices that do there job *but* also can talk to the=20
outside=20
> world and give some extended functionality.
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> Take a fire alarm for example. On its own it monitor smoke or=20
whatever=20
> and sounds an alarm when it is detected. If not hooked up to=20
anything it=20
> just does its job. If attached to a bus of some kind  new=20
functionality=20
> can be available. Check battery, test, sound central alarm device=20
on=20
> alarm, start fan on alarm etc etc.
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> Also with the intelligence distributed a central falure will not=20
take=20
> the complete system out.
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> Cheers
> /Ake
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> David Buckley wrote:
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> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "solentelectricalservices"=20
<paul@i...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > This is something I often get asked and to be really honest
I=20
never
> > > seem to be able to answer. The very definition of automation
is
> > > automatic....
> > > I have never seen, talked too,
> > > read about anyone who has really got there house working=20
anywhere
> > > near what I would call "automated"
> >
> > A couple of years ago, my HA system (back in the UK) was out of
> > commission for an upgrade, and (teenage) daughter opened the=20
porch
> > door to go outside, and for reasons unknown to her, the light=20
didnt
> > come on.=20
> >
> > "Dad, the porch light is bust".=20
> >
> > "No dear, its just not on automation at the moment, you'll
have=20
to put
> > it on at the switch"
> >
> > "Err - what switch? - how??"
> >
> > For the whole of her aware life, several functions of the
house=20
were
> > under automatic control, and she was never aware there was a=20
time when
> > things just didnt happen by magic.  She was never aware that=20
there was
> > a light switch for the porch (and several other) lights......
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