Re: sensor controller

[Marc_F_Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 8 Oct 2006 09:08:44 -0700, "Nadavc1" <nadavc1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
<1160323724.618517.98500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>Hi everyone
>
>I am in the middle of designing my smart home and I am looking for a
>controller that will control all the sensors and will able me to
>receive an input to the computer.
>
>Regards,
>Nadav

What "sensors"?

What kinds of "inputs"?

What kind of "computer" and operating system?

What are your objectives  (security, lighting, environmental control
including HVAC, communication, AV entertainment, etc)

What are your skills (general remodeling, general computer, electronics
including construction, programming)

Who will install it?

Who will maintain it?

Who (else) needs to be able to use/live in it?

Are the associated expenses regarded as personal entertainment("home toys")
or is this also in the nature of an investment in your home ? In other words,
do the "smart" aspects need to be valuable to others and in the future?

Is this a conceptual "Smart Home" ?

Or one with 'real-world' physical and financial limitations?

If 'real world', describe those limitations (budget, existing or new
construction, type of construction and geometry, country located) and so on.

If you are "in the middle of designing [your] smart home", you will have
presumably thought these things out, especially the budget.

... Marc
Marc_F_Hult
www.ECOntrol.org