Re: Intro and question re Home automation

[Mark Marriage <mfmarriage@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cheers!  Good timing - its pouring it down !
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regards
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Mark Marriage


----- Original Message ----
From: Nigel Giddings <nigel@xxxxxxx>
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, 21 May, 2006 12:22:35 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Intro and question re Home automation

Mark,

A couple of early pointers. There are many ways to approach this but this
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s what I would advise as a starting point.

Look at homeseer, www.homeseer.com as the central intelligence. Plenty of
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nfo on the site, great forum and 30 day free trial.

Look into xAP as middleware between various devices/protocols.

And read Mar's article on www.automatedhome.co.uk on wiring his house.

That should be good for a rainy Sunday afternoon, then you'll have plenty
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f questions...

Lighting, whole house audio, TV distribution, PVRs, locks etc etc will
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ow...

Nigel

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Marriage [mailto:mfmarriage@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 20 May 2006 17:23
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Intro and question re Home automation

Hi, just joined the group and  this is my first question so bear with me! 
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I am about to refurbish an old house and have the opportunity to
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ork the whole thing BEFORE plaster goes up!  So I need your help.  I am
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vy with networking and computers etc and wish to get a level of automation
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(lights, locks, A/V gear) sorted out.  I need tips as to which s/w to use
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webpage based I guess is ideal - and hardware to use.

Thanks for your time, regards, Mark.

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