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Re: What would you do differently if you were to automate a new home from scratch?



Having Degrees and telling people that you have them the first time you
talk is not very good, do you have any experience?

Going wireless is not good due to reliability problems with
interference and distance
Using a laptop or any central system as main control is madness
distributed control is the only way to give resilience.
I am sure no one wants to wait for the laptop to reboot to turn on a
light.
Systems like Konnex and C-Bus have this distributed control

Hope that is clear
Grahame

Going wireless is one not good due to r
empress2454@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have degrees in automation and robotics and can say that I would do
> it all myself from scratch with a wirless laptop ot tablet and some
> remote modules, but for the average user I would say your best bet is
> multiplexing everthing you can or wireless control to everything,
> thatway everything you forgot to do when you set it up is still an
> option.
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> Carlos wrote:
> > I am buying a house, and I want to automate it all -- centralized media
> > server, home theater, security cameras, motorized drapes, sprinkler
> > system, multiple music zones, touchscreens in every social area, timed
> > events, and remote access to it all.  I am somewhat geeky, so I can
> > take technological challenges. I curently have Windows Media Center on
> > one PC, and I feel it would be nice to use one single interface for the
> > media, the cameras, and everything else. So, I appeal to your
> > experience and your wisdom... Which technology should I use (Insteon,
> > Z-wave, UPB... )?  Which control program (HomeSeer, mCentral, ... )?
> > How should I distribute the media (Media Center Extender, Xbox, or just
> > cable it all?  And what would you do differently in your experience?



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