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Power Failure with Home Automation
I am planning to connect two pool pumps to Homeseer software with a relax fixture module and contactor module ( ). What position will these modules default to after a power failure? How do I...
 
Cordless Listening Device
I'd like to have a cordless device to listen to audio that doesn't come with headphones. There are many cordless headphones out there, but I want to plug my headphones into a jack on a little cordless...
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Button label printing, your thoughts?
I'm wondering if anyone has done anything creative in terms of printing their button lables for Insteon or other wall keypads that have clear windows for inserting labels? I did some buttons with...
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How to wire up a RS-150BA-N Vacancy Sensor Switch with Nightlight and Manual On/Off
How can I wire this light switch that expects three wires but I have only two coming from my circular flourescent ceiling light? I bought the Legrand "WattStopper RS-150BA-N Vacancy Sensor Switch with...
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whole house voice control - on the cheap
I have been using my Voice to control my automated home for about a year now. My home is automated with X10 devices, and I am using the X10 Active Home Pro computer interface. The Voice control...
 
Installers advice needed, home less than 1000 sf
As I see it, there are lots of question on the groups for home automation for individual houses with more then 3000 sf. But I have 5 approximately 900 sf apartments in one house and as I see it there...
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Use of FTP cable in home network
I have some FTP cable given to me to install the cabling in my new home. If I do not need the full shielding benefits of the cable, can I still use it with ordinary RJ45 sockets and pehaps ignore the...
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X10 Interference from the Cellet Cellphone Charger
The Cellet cellphone charger arrived today, and I tested it on a "private" circuit with a XTB-IIR. This is clearly a very nasty device for X10 communication. I made my measurements at the XTB-IIR...
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Home automation in Europe
As I live I Europe, how developed is home automation here/there. I see lots of hardwired products and every manufacture has its own solution and what personally I don't like is no possibility to...
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I sell my X10 DIN modules... anyone interested? (Spain)
I have been using X10 DIN modules in my home installation, and now I'm changing it to another technology. So, I dont need them anymore. If anyone is interested on buying them (I live in Spain) let me...
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Spider in the motion sensor
I've got a wired sensor that's been coming on all night. So I cut back the usual suspects (trees), but still no joy. I thought it might be a spider, so I evicted one tonight. But it seems to be doing...
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Connecting Thermostat to Heat Pump/Gas Heater
I am trying to figure out how to connect an external thermostat (RCS TZ40) to a pool heat pump (Heat Siphon SX5HP) or pool gas heater (Hayward H350). The thermostat instructions say that I need to...
 
Napco Panel, X10 Use, HA Software - HELP!
I currently have a Napco Gemini P816 panel serving as my alarm panel. I also have a GEM-X10 module (which I haven't installed yet) and an always-on PC providing home automation functions. The PC will...
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HDHomeRun firmware downgrades
Sometime after the version of firmware that I'm currently running (20070131) SiliconDust has apparently added a lock to the HDHomeRun to prevent the loading of firmware older than the current version....
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