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Alarm Company in Boston Area
There's an old, well-established alarm company in the greater Boston area that is know for their alarm system museum. A friend asked me about them but I can't recall the name of the company. I do...
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DIY motorized shade... a few questions...
Hi all, noob here. Okay, I've got an unreachable window in my foyer that is now facing a newly-built house across the street and I feel as if I'm being watched at night. ;) I shopped around for some...
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Switch Module for Complact Fluorescent Bulbs
Does anyone know of modules for fully in-outlet-box mounting that has a true switch or relay with open contacts - not a solid state switch. I want to use the new commonly available CF bulbs and have...
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Troubleshooting Channel Vision IR-Over-Coax
Hello everyone. I'm looking for some assistance from those of you running an IR-over-coax system in your home. Here's a summary of my setup: I have Cat6 and coax home run from each room in my house...
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Elk and Zwave
Can anyone provide some specifics on how Elk interacts with Z-wave from a hands on basis? Is it a primary controller, can it trigger based on lighting events? Any experiences to relate? Thanks
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DSL wiring question
I switching to DSL, so I'm going to put a whole house filter in the basement. But I'm wondering if I need/should upgrade my wiring to the to the computer room. There's currently two 4-wire 'telephone'...
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Need help for Engineering Management project
Yet they're the most successful. Strange, isn't it? Some would say that hiring a firm run by an ex-con to "protect" you is worse than that, but who are we to judge? I often find it amusing how people...
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Need help guys. Want to put together a baby monitor camera
Yup, wife will be due soon, so I'd like to get started working on the babies room, that includes some sort of monitoring device. I was thinking of installing a camera. I have cat 5 going into the room...
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17 years ago
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leviton vizia RF switches (Z-wave)
i've been using x10 for years. i simply can't/won't use it if there are viable alternatives (albeit more pricey ones). thanks
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RFID Flap Silences Security Researchers
Flap Silences Security Researchers "New research into security vulnerabilities in radio frequency identification cards made by technology giant HID Global has been pulled from the lineup at an East...
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the light bulb police are coming
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:00:28 GMT, (Dave Houston) wrote in message : Once again, as always, Dave shirks from actually computing, preferring instead to make vague statements where the simple arithmetic,...
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LED bulbs that work with dimmers?
Just curious: Does anyone make an LED lightbulb that has internal circuits designed to work and play well with the typical X10 based dimmer switch?
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Z-Wave improvement
Intermatic announced their InTouch(tm) Z-Wave based system a year ago (March 2006) but it is just now starting to ship. It addresses two Z-Wave weaknesses which I have been pointing out for the past 3...
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Hot watere Insulation
All, maybe this is not the right place to ask this question. Anyway, I would like to know what to use for insulating hot water pipe which is embedded inside a brick/concrete wall? Is it somekind of...
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Intermatic: Z-Wave on steroids
Intermatic showed their new InTouch(tm) system at the EH Expo in Orlando. The system incorporates all standard Z-Wave features and adds two significant improvements. 1. Transmitters can make up to 8...
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