Thanks, I'll have to check it out.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/10/2010 9:07 AM, Scott Gomez wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
>
> I use a system based on Insteon units from http://www.smarthome.com. There
> are both plug-in and wire-in units available to do all sorts of things, as
> well as a variety of hardware system controllers and/or software. The nice
> thing about them is that the units remember settings and thus power-failures
> are not an issue.
>
> Since the house they are supporting is in Mexico, 5 gours+ away by car, and
> it's typically pretty hot this time of year, it's nice to be able to kick on
> the air-conditioner via web-browser before we leave the states, and have
> things cooled down by the time we get there. The system also controls
> sprinklers and all sorts of lights for us.
>
> You can think of these things as super X-10 units. Communication is over the
> power lines, each unit is separately addressed. Wire-in units co-exist fine
> with existing wiring.
>
> ---
> Scott Gomez
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 5:01 AM, Chuck Norcutt<
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> In line with the enormous knowledge available on this list I'd like to
>> ask some advice on a very minimal home automation setup.
>>
>> [snip]
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