Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / March 2006

It's not a polished article by a long shot. (it contains a new look I'm
working on for my site at www.myblueroom.com ) To see the Elephant Web
Server / Gateway with the possibility for use also as a home automation
controller; click on the Elephant button on the left hand side of ...

do you know any web-enabled thermostats?
With or without displays...
Can u write some useful links?
thanx a lot

I have some X10 light switches for my outside lights.  I'm running
ActiveHome to schedule them on and off at dusk and dawn.  From time to
time they come on in a dimmed mode.  Any thoughts why?
EricD

http://www.ehexpo.com/
The biggest annual US Home Automation show is coming soon. Who is
going to be there?
I would like to try an organize a group dinner for DIYers and

I really need a low level home survailance system.
I was thinking of 2 of the motion detecting flood light color cam
setups from x10.
Plus a low light level B&W Xcam

I'm building a new house.  Well, I am having one built by a builder in
a residential area, where he is building several houses.  The bottom
line is, they really don't like the future owners "working" on site.
Walking around, taking pictures, and checking up on things is ok, but

I have about four AF120 filters around my house.  They work amazing,
and in the past six months since I installed them, I have had no stray
signals at all!  I am thrilled with my X10 installation.
However, a bizarre thing started happening yesterday -- I wonder if any

I just bought a Smarthome ToggleLinc 2-way dimmer with BoosterLinc
technology (23890W).  I wish to use it as a simple X10 wall switch.
The only reason I didn't use a standard X10 wall switch was because I
wanted local dim (the boosterlinc was a nice bonus too).  The problem

LED lighting might be a little off topic for this newsgroup but I'm assuming
that users of this newsgroup are also the most likely to be fluent in this
area.
I am building a new house and had been hearing about LED lighting but when I

I have gotten my communication down with my SIR-TS360 to where I can
turn the unit on and off. I can not figure out how to change
channels.The protocol is as follows.
All commands begin with: "*dtv" and end with a carrige return, line

I have a large custom house built around 2004 with multiple drops
(cat5, tel, RG6 and sound in flexible conduit) in each room and am
looking for a sound system to handle 8-12 zones.
Several contractors have each suggested _their_ pet system including

I am looking for a Network Mp3 player like the old audiotron.
The BIG difference with the audiotron was that it needed NO server software,
as it was Windows CE driven, it could find all the share-points on its own
and then PULLED the files over to play them.

Hi, I was about to post this question, saw the recent thread
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.home.automation/browse_thread/thread/1ca9a5e
42ac28677/646cee16afa11aef?hl=en#646cee16afa11aef
but it looks like I still have the question since I'm not in the league
of $1000.00 or so ...

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 for the VCR.
My problem is that the MS14A has a fairly wide angle of sensitivity, and if I
aim the sensor at the area where I expect the perp to be, I'll catch ...

Can anyone recommend a source of wire "bundles" -- a couple of cat-5 or cat-6,
some coax, etc., all on one roll