Some of you may cringe when I say "Home Automation" since it can mean
so many things. I am building a home in a few months and would like
to get some pointers from any of you with experience.
I will get to run my own low voltage wiring, (before the dry-wallers
:-) ).
Things I am interested in:
* Security (cameras, motion etc.).
* Is "wired" cheaper than wireless?
* Custom, in wall, speakers and theater.
* Home theater (Computer based of course - mp3, DVD caching to HDD
etc.).
* Lighting, (timers and dimming would be nice).
* Heating/Air Conditioning (remote controlled from PC of course).
* Computer controlled, (Linux of course).
* As inexpensive as possible. I may just run the lines first, and
add the hardware as I can afford it.
Any books anyone can recommend, (books you have actually used), would
be greatly appreciated. Any other resources (like web sites that are
not just giant ads for a product) or personal experience/comments
would be nice too.
Stuff I don't need help with:
* Networking (wireless and wired).
* VoIP
* I would like to avoid X10, if possible, and stick to IP, or actual
wired relay based solutions (if it's not too expensive).
* No prepackaged, over priced, one vendor solution, (especially NOT
with Wind :-$ w$ based software).
In short, if you were building a house, and had free reign to run all
the low voltage wiring you want, what would you do? As most of you
are professionals, hackers and tinkerers (like me) I assume you have
some ideas.
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Thank You,
C. Ed Felt
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chat: edeefelt(aim), edeefelt (yahoo), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (msn)
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