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Video Survilance Suggestions?

Hi, Got broken into a bit ago. Live in a rural area so even with an alarm, bad guys can come, steal and be gone before...
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posted by nobody
16 comments posted 20yrs posted by nobody

RFID for HA

A turn-key home automation RFID add-on to HomeSeer and Crestron using Wavetrend hardware and customized software has be...
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posted by MFHult
13 comments posted 20yrs posted by MFHult

Limiting remote sensor's angle of sensitivity?

I'm trying to catch a vandal on video. I've set up a camera, and I'm using X10's motion sensor (MS14A) as the trigger f...
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posted by me
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by me

Need some help with a weird ticking noise...

Hi guys! I have about four AF120 filters around my house. They work amazing, and in the past six months since I install...
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posted by 514mike
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X-10 friendly switchmode PS

The projects I'm working on will all require a +5 regulated supply so I've been looking for one that I know is X-10 fri...
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posted by nobody
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by nobody

geovision playback on multiple cameras

I just started using the geovision 600 and have been happy with the perfomance and features. I had a quick question on...
1 comments posted 20yrs
posted by odiggity
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Best Way to Amplify X-10 Signal?

Hello: To make a long story short, I've had much success using X-10 for lighting control. Although I have a smaller hou...
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posted by brian
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by brian

Wire bundles

Can anyone recommend a source of wire "bundles" -- a couple of cat-5 or cat-6, some coax, etc., all on one roll?
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posted by bph
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by bph

FA Inter-tel Phone Systems

Thought you might be interested in the following: Ebay item #'s 5873940981 & 5873945408. Thanks for looking and happy b...
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posted by able1no
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Upgradeable system

We moved in to a new house three months ago. During the design/construction, we tried to make the new home "future proo...
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posted by rcalvin.lee
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Stargate IP.........

Hi, I'm looking at the Stargate home automation controller, and was wondering if anyone has any comments on the new Sta...
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posted by jmorley
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Converting 2 line home to 1 line home

Hello the house I bought has 2 separate phone lines which I don't really need and would like to reintegrate them into 1...
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posted by chris.smerechniak
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by chris.smerechniak

Insteon -- Any New Experiences?

I'm looking at doing a fairly good size lighting system in an existing house and am thinking about Insteon... I'd like...
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posted by sumcoolgai
22 comments posted 20yrs posted by sumcoolgai

Using Omnistat with regular HVAC

Hi, it has 8 wires connector) ) we use regular Mitsubishi aircondition . I would l;ike to connect the OmniStat to the AC...
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posted by oren341965
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by oren341965