General Home Automation

UPB or X10 & which product

I am building a home and need some expert adice from you folks out there. Thinking of going UPB or should I go x10. I'v...

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posted by tsilva

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Brief (hopefully) interruption

I wonder how many BBBcomplaints RobertL Bass's surgeon has? I sure hope not 21 in the last 36 months like his online sto...

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posted by GroupModerator

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Multimedia

Hello all! I'm VERY new to the whole home automation field. For the moment, I am just looking at using wall panels to c...

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posted by stevekokx

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Potential free alarm outputs

Hi! Could someone indicate references of alarm presence detectors with potential free outputs? I prefer with 24v feed in...

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posted by beirao.nuno

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Does a cell phone forwarding to a land line product exist?

I have a very limited number of day time cell minutes but unlimited anytime mobile to mobile minutes and unlimited anyw...

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posted by mark.alanzo

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Home Made IR Extender?

I recently purchased the Leapfrog LF-30s which has an IR extender. My problem... I am using the LF-30s to transmit audi...

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posted by develguy

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Low cost SMD Oven for making SMD samples and Prototypes

This SMD Oven Controller (SMDOC-01) is designed to use with a toaster oven. The temperature profile is similar to the e...

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posted by erica

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Batch sent X10 command

Can someone point me to as simple as possible a program controlled method of causing a CM11/12 etc type serial port con...

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posted by not-for-mail

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The Energy Detective versus X-10

Has anybody here played with both The Energy Detective (www.theenergydetective.com) and X-10 based HA in the same setup...

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posted by briana

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My Latest Cool DIY Automation FACT

I have a Cingular 8125 PDA cellphone that I got primarily for work purposes, but secondarily to control/monitor the hou...

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posted by ivb

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IR dimmer switch to go with Harmony 659

Can anyone recommend an inexpensive Infra-red dimmer switch that will go nicely with a Harmony Remote? I'm new to this,...

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posted by apark3

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Weird Insteon behavior

I have an Insteon switch that when pressed turns on it's own load and one other switch that it is crosslinked to. Been...

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posted by br

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"Two Ends of a Spectrum: CEDIA and the DIY Crowd"

It is interesting (to me at least) to compare prognostications by pundits in this newsgroup to those of professional ma...

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posted by MFHult

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My latest cool DIY automation idea

Ok, not ground-breaking, but new to me. For those of you don't know, i've been self-installing an Elk security&automati...

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posted by ivb

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fluorescent bulbs + x10

i've recently put some 100w fluorescent bulbs in my bedside lamps and switched the x10 'lamp' module to a 'machinery' m...

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posted by pshaw

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