Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / December 2003

I'm not sure if this is the best place to be asking such a question, but
here it goes...
I'd like to connect my Satellite Receiver to a phone line so I am able to
order PPV features instantly. However, the nearest phone jack in the room is

For your wiring closet... how do you guys store your slack cabling? I need
to store slack Cat5 and RJ6 cabling.
Thanks.

We have a large garden and need a PIR unit (or preferably all in one
unit/light) that will cover to the bottom of the garden. All the units
from the usual suspects (B&Q, RS etc) seem to have a range of no
better than 15m whereas I require detection at about 25/30m. I can't

Well I think I will try this and see if it goes.
http://lowvoltage.tjatwood.com/forum/
A private registered only discussion forum
Never know, we all might benefit from it.

Does anyone know of any AMX mailing lists or user groups? I've got a
couple of Axcess programming questions, and need to find the
appropriate forum to ask them in.
Thank you!

I am setting up a digital picture frame to display all of our digital
pictures.  I have purchased a 15" LCD screen from Sams club for $250.
I have removed the bezel and so I can mount it in a hole I have cut in
the sheetrock.  I then framed the LCD to make it look exactly like a

I would like to take an Ethernet webcam and use a powerline converter to
send the signal about 400'.
Has anybody tried this I would think it would be pretty simple but they
don't seem to make any powerline cameras that use TCP/IP the powerline

Looking for ideas.  Going to be dealing with speaker wires, networking,
video coax and telephone. How do you mark it so you know what wire is to
which jack?

There's probably a simple answer to my problem but it's sounding more and
more complicated as I investigate.
We have a single pole switch (no neutral) that operates our porch lights. In
the adjacent room, there are four table lamps that are powered by duplex

Funny thing happened.  Maybe someone can shed some light:
IBM Thinkpad power cable -- British standard, with U.S. adapter on the
end -- works everywhere except our new place in California.
It worked fine at our previous apartment (also in California), it

Looking for the best place (cheapest) to buy speaker wire need some 14-4 and
14-2...
thanks
Doug

Finally got my SMC Wireless Media adapter, and after some fun setting
it up (kept saying it couldn't find the Mediaserver, despite the PC
being able to see the SMC unit...).
Now its working, with a link strength of 98%, but there are a couple

I'm using Activehome to turn on and off my landscape lights since I
had to locate my landscape transformer inside the garage.
1) When I set my "geographic location" to Portland, Oregon, do I need
to set "daylight savings time" even though we are not currently in

Hi all...
Having a passion for a wiring low voltage stuff to the extreme yet becoming
wary of too many distinct boxes on the wall, I was pleased to come across
the dual voltage boxes from Carlon that allow for "high" voltage outlets on

New home under construction. Will be wiring in 3-4 weeks. Typical set up
with cat5e though the house. Star wiring, 8 port router etc. Twin coax
cables etc. Pretty typical setup
Something I just thought of I want to do and I am not sure how to do. I want