RE: Intro and question re Home automation

["Ian Davidson" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark

You found the group then! Sorry I couldn't reply earlier I'd hired an
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ator for the weekend so was moving around 60 ton of soil. I see Nigel has
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iven you some good pointers the only thing to add for now is install far
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re CAT5 than you think you will need. I flood wired my house around four
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ars at build time and although at the time I fitted far more than I
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I would need in some areas I've now run out. I believe others have had sim=
ilar experience! Just about CAT5 for everything, many people on here use
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tp://www.kat5.tv/ for AV across it. I would also put at least a couple or
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o CT100 coax into places you may want any RF type feeds, don't forget Sky
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lus requires two feeds etc. If you have any more questions shout up.

Ian D

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-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of M=
ark Marriage
Sent: 21 May 2006 15:16
To: Ian
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Intro and question re Home automation

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
foll=
ow...

Nigel

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Marriage [mailto:mfmarriage@xxxxxxx]
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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