Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / August 2003

Anyone looking for the NEW Napco Gem-K4RF keypad.
http://www.alarmsuperstore.com/napco/Gem-K4RF.htm
$110.00 includes shipping.
They have excellent prices - fast shipping - hassle free shopping.

In the coming months a black spot will pop up everywhere . . .
on store windows and newspaper boxes, on gas pumps and supermarket
shelves.  Open a magazine or newspaper - it's there.  It's on TV.
It stains the logos and smears the nerve centers of the world's

I am building a new home and installing an Omni Pro II Home Automation
unit.   The builder said can integrate with home secuity but short on
the details of home automation. Anyone familiar with this unit and how
best I can use?  Any insight greatly appreciated.

The framing on our new house is moving into the final stretch and I
need to make up my mind on whole-house audio.  I would appreciate any
input on others that have experience in this area and/or have a system
that they like.  Here are some options I'm considering:

I have a requirement to turn a simple circuit off/on at different intervals
and want to use my computer to do this.
the circuit is low amp 12v (relay)
would it be possible to be able to set it to turn off/on at say;

A friend of mine has a 10 year old ADT system without monitoring which has
started generating false alarms. She does not remember ever replacing the
battery, although the battery in the unit is a radio shack battery, so it
might have been replaced several years ago. Is an old ...

and if i wanted to apply a job there, what academic background do i need?
thx

Common convention calls for at least 5" separation between house line
voltage and low voltage wiring (date, video, etc.) when running
parallel.  Although specs allow the two to cross as long as it is at a
right angle.  Several threads in this newsgroup mention locating the

  Seems a little strange ..... I posted a message not too long ago that was
a little critical of the direction this group was going / at, and now it's
not here. I can see messages from months ago, but mine is gone. No
responses - nothing.

We want to hack an X10 Rf receiver to receive non X-10 codes. Currently
whatever we transmit is converted by the X10 receiver to stuff valid in
the X10 domain. Since we are designing something which uses both regular
X10 transmitters and our own stuff, we'd like to know how this ...

Could anyone help me find a good universal learning remote? I heard there
were some "All in One" and "Radio Shack" models that can be programmed
through a serial bus cable but don't remember which models. Any help would
be appreciated. Thanks!

Can someone please elaborate on the differences and pros / cons of using
HAI's Web-Link II as an interface to an Omni Pro II as opposed to
Homeseer?
Ken

After doing my homework, I'm preparing to purchase an Ocelot,
which seems to be well thought of.  But I've just become aware
of the Elk Magic Module, which would appear to be of similar
capabilities and cost.  I've read about it what I could find,

I have been reading this group occasionally now for about a year.  I
have been installing whole-house audio systems and home networks on
the side, and want to move towards making it a full-time business.
I'm located in the Oklahoma City area. Can anyone give me any advice

My lamp module randomly turns on every few hours, is there a way to stop
this? or atleast cut back on it?