A good place to browse around: http://www.smarthome.com/
On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > What he said... > > *From:* Tushar Patel > *Sent:* Sunday, January 08, 2017 6:40 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation > > Do you have part list you used you can share? > You mentioned Zwave. What else? > > > Tushar > > > On Jan 8, 2017, at 5:58 AM, Paul Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > My house used to run purely on Control4 system .. professionally installed > and quite expensive. I got sick of $125 service calls for rather simple > stuff to be done and decided to replace it with a DYI system…. The Control4 > system with labour and service calls etc set me back around $25k in total. > > > > Right now with the DYI system I have probably $4k invested plus my time … > at most. Zero monthly subscription, zero headaches …. And no service calls. > > > > The one part though that I think a lot of folks overlook (as I did) is > working with electrical in your house … I replaced outlets and switches for > example and the zwave stuff I used is much deeper than normal switches – I > wish now that I had just hired an electrician to mess around with that > stuff in particular as it’s not something I do every day kind of thing …. > > > > I know someone in my area that does home automation for a living … done it > for years. He is very busy … his main clients are folks who have cottages > and wish to remotely control/monitor their properties especially during > times they are not visiting it very much … > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > *From: *Af <[email protected]> on behalf of Joe Novak < > [email protected]> > *Reply-To: *<[email protected]> > *Date: *Friday, January 6, 2017 at 4:13 PM > *To: *<[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation > > > > https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/ > > > > Just reading that a little bit may peak your interest in the DIY stuff. I > am considering setting up a system at home. https://home-assistant.io/ is > the software I'd like to use to run it. > > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:48 PM, jay weekley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > That's what I was wondering. I look at the stuff Lowe's and wonder how > many people have the knowledge to set it all up but I have zero knowledge > in the products. Maybe it's time to automate my thermostat. > > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > There is so much do it yourself gear out there now I would think the only > money would be in the very high end stuff. Things you probably have to > focus as a sole business. > > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:23 AM jay weekley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Is there any real money to be made in home automation? Any recurring > revenue? How about headaches and problems? > > > > > >
