General Home Automation

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4 comments posted 19yrs

posted by razrbruce

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by razrbruce

Trying to setup a call center queue

PBX - D308 VoiceMail - TVS50 I have a Phantom extension (110) that rings a bunch of phones. There is a general mailbox...

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posted by bfleishman

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by bfleishman

Time for HA, finally. Thinking Insteon. Mulling this for 20 years. What is best?

was waiting for CeBus, but that petered out. Meanwhile X10 kept going, and going. Then this Insteon system popped up, w...

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posted by gharrison2

57 comments posted 19yrs posted by gharrison2

@#$%^& X10 hardware

I've got ghosts! My X10 hardware is not working. My ESM1 says it sees valid and strong X10 signal (and is quiet the res...

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posted by njc

6 comments posted 19yrs posted by njc

Remote light switch - halogen

Hi I live in a late Victorian house with some oddly placed light switches. I'd like to "move" a light switch without ha...

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posted by matthew.larkin

7 comments posted 19yrs posted by matthew.larkin

Could it be they know the quality of their product?

http://kbase.x10.com/wiki/Setup_Slimeline_Switch Slime line, indeed! I've taken the switch apart - it's remarkably simp...

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posted by ROBERT_GREEN1963

7 comments posted 19yrs posted by ROBERT_GREEN1963

Motion (or Infrared?) detectors for lights or electronics?

Hi, I can't imagine this hasn't been asked before but I couldn't find any other similar postings. I am trying to find s...

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posted by gaikokujinkyofusho

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by gaikokujinkyofusho

energy conservation

Today's NYT has an excellent article on energy conservation. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/30/business/30diet.html?ref...

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posted by nobody

13 comments posted 19yrs posted by nobody

Will IR Illuminator work with any CCD Camera?

I want to setup some night surveillance cameras. I notice that some CCD night cameras have the IR LEDS right on the cam...

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posted by wdoe999

32 comments posted 19yrs posted by wdoe999

Need help using Visual Baisc 6 and x10

I want to write a VB6 app which will control dimming/on/off of various strings of lights for a (next) Christmas project...

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posted by voiceover

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by voiceover

New Automated Home Forums

http://forums.automatedhome.com The New Automated Home forums are now on-line! - Our new improved forums are now up and...

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posted by mark

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by mark

XTB II Review

Tonight I installed my XTB II after completing a 4 hour assembly session a few nights earlier. It would have gone faste...

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posted by razrbruce

32 comments posted 19yrs posted by razrbruce

X10 camera IR filter removal?

Has anyone ever done it on the X10 Wireless Color Camera (XC18A)? Difficult? I'm planning to replace my cameras with so...

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posted by not.valid

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by not.valid

Can Home Automation Software make enough money?

Hi, We are trying to analyze home automation software market data for our new HA software business. We are interested i...

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posted by sckang0722

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by sckang0722

(Fiber-optic?) Light Pipe?

Considering placing the Ocelot, together with some associated circuitry, in the case of an old VCR. But, would still li...

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posted by address

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by address