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Thanks for the awesome replies thus far.    Wally looks awesome, and I'm going to dig back into CQC. It's been a LONG time since I've looked closely.   I'm also going to look at Control4, as I have a buddy that's a dealer, but I'm guessing even saying that is a good way to get excommunicated...

Hello!   It's been years since I've posted here. In 2008 I did my first home automation project using CQC in a gut rehab.   I'm back and was hoping for some help with my next project! I'm about to start on a new gut rehab of our second home, and have gone 5 years stale on the industry. We're...

Well, those are the responses I was hoping for. I think I'm going to pull the trigger. Anyone here anything bad about the monitor I linked to? It has pretty good reviews on Newegg. Target

Howdy all, I posted this over at AVS, but not bites. I thought I'd post here as this forums is generally more active and more helpful anyways :huh: I purchased this wall mount about six months ago for my office. Worked fantastically with my 20 inch dell Monitor. Well, today the monitor...

This is really great to hear. Exactly what I was hoping for. Has anyone had any experience with UPB? At a very slightly higher cost these are pretty much direct competitors. Would you say this wins hands down? Target

Howdy all, This has been out for a while, and I was wondering if anyone had installed it and gotten impressions. From talking to a Centralite rep, theoretically this system offers nearly all the benefits of a hardwired system in terms of performance at a much lower cost and much easier...

Thanks a ton for the responses. This is definitely a legitimate research project. I'm taking an MBA class and trying to learn a bit about the industry through that lens. I have contacted one very large Crestron dealer ans will be sitting with him in a couple weeks, but I thought I'd try to probe...

That's kind of what I figured. Its a tough model to live on. I'm really not looking for anyone to break any rules. At this point I'd be pretty happy if somone could just clue me in on the breakdown between programming/labor and hardware for a standard bill. Target

I'm interested in this on a purely intellectual level. Not looking to create any sort of flamming of Crestron or other non DIY products. I'm actually trying to do some market research on the HA industry. That said, I have a couple of questions. 1. Does anyone know what the markup on Crestron...

The one in and one out is just for testing purposes at this point. I'm eventually going to have 4 component sources, 3 component ouputs, 4 VGA sources, and 4 VGA outputs. I'm aware that I won't be able to mix component with VGA, but I'm pretty psyched to be able to switch both formats amongst...

Does anyone have one of these, or have general knowledge about video switches? I'm pretty sure everything is wired correctly as the picture flickers on the screen before losing the signal. Target

Howdy all, I just wired up an extron 100 matrix switch yesterday, and I'm having a slight problem. The audio switching is working perfectly, but video is another thing. I just have a single video input (input 1), and single video output (#1) wired. When I start my source up (a Sage media...

I mean Elegance. I had a 24 load elegance panel installed, and the installer neglected to tell me until after it was in that he wanted another $1500 for programming. When I saw that you could get the software for free, and that it was remarkably simple, I told him I would do it myself...

Howdy all, I'm in the midst of programming some scenes into my Centralite panel, and I'm having some difficulties. The unit is a 24 load Elegance. I have read the manual, and understand how things work, I think. My problem is, what if I want a scene that is just all off, rather than all on/all...

The blue wire would typically be the common. However, a lot of basic residential thermostats don't need a common and it's my understanding that a lot of HVAC tecnicians just don't connect it at the air handler. If you have a volt meter see if you get 24V across the blue and red wires. If not...