Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / April 2006

Hello, I am an inspector looking for a site that will help me stay as
up to date in what is going on as I can.  I have recently taken a
position with a small jurisdiction.  As there is little more than R and
B occupancies I would like to get involved with people discussing a

I am putting one camera outside and hardwiring it to a tv in my house.
The camera has coax and so does my cable going to that tv now. How do I
add another video feed? Just use a splitter having the cable & camera
video going in and one coming out to my tv? Will this work the best?

I just noticed the tv I am hooking up the camera to has a coax input
that is not being used. Can I just use that and not worry about
splitting?

Was wondering the difference between the two units, the CM15A and the
1132CUP.
One is Activehome and the other is SmartHome.
Is there really a difference??

I've installed some 12V halogen lights in some shelves, such that I have
to mount the transformer remotely. I used 3m of normal 1.5mm^2 lighting
cable to connect the transformer to the lights, having calculated a
300mV drop across the cable (30mV/A/m x 3.3A x 3m)

A turn-key home automation RFID add-on to HomeSeer and Crestron using
Wavetrend hardware and customized software has been available for about 15
months.  The Homeseer package was _almost_ reasonably priced when they had
a beta-bundle-bargain when it first rolled out.

I want to setup a home dvr with 4 color cameras for outdoor use for
security on my property.
There are so many options out there I dont know where to start.  I am
computer savy and have been working in the IT business for 15 years.

Hi gang,
I use ropelight around the underside of my deck's railing and on the
stairs. It produces a nice warm glow, etc. Backlighting...
Where the thing plugs in is an extension cord...

Two questions:
I sent a message to the email address on the Z-WAVE site,
(info@z-wave.net), and it was eventually returned as undeliverable.
Are they still around?

I just read an old message, from this group, discussing the use of
connection blocks for the phone lines.
My plan, up to this point, was to install RJ11, OR RJ45 distribution
blocksin my main wiring box, and simply plug each phone/network wire

I'm wondering how to control switch on/off using  RS-232. what i would
like to control that 8 or 16 would be nice. do i need to make any
expansion board ? or .. any cheapest way ? thanks in advance.
regards.

The craziest thing I have ever seen is going on how, and I truly need
some assistance!
For the past several months, everything has been working beautifully.
Three housecodes, ActiveHome Pro, etc.

I'm looking for a wireless intercom system that will be used for an
Senior care facility. It has to contain one base and 6 wireless
stations, to be installed in 6 separate rooms, and the base has to be
able to communicate with each of the 6 units separatly, and when need

I paid an electrician to wire cat 5 to 5 rooms in my new house.  He was
told that they were for My computers & they would all go to 1 room with
a hub.  He wired it, but didn't run phone lines to some rooms.  He
isn't coming back (it's a long story).  Can I use 1 cat 5 cable for the

I while back, I asked about design SW for PCB boards.  Well, been using
EAGLE (cadsoftusa.com) and now I find I ant to actually have some boards
made.
There not fancy - single sided, 2"x2", and I'd like to start with 10 of