If anyone is interested, I started a blog on my personal HA/HT efforts at
It talks about how i'm turning my home into a smarthome using a DoItYourself approach to keep the costs shockingly low, and to keep the functionality shockingly high. With my HT/HAPC system, I can do:
- Whole House Audio/Video distribution [any song or any tv show or any DVD in any room at any time]
- Irrigation Control
- Heating
- Doorbell detection (pause the TV/DVD/music if the doorbell rings and popup a "doorbell ringing" window, in case you didn't hear it)
- Telephone detection (if the phone rings, same as above)
- Beginning to integrate Security & Fire/Smoke/CO detection into the system.
----------------------------------------------------- Note: I am a mere end-user with no financial stake in any products that I may discuss.
Last Updated 4/11/06 - My Personal Websites discussing my integrated HT & HAPC system