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Does the receiver control other x10 power modules to turn on/off the eve lights?  If yes, then culprits could be noise or signal attenuation on the AC power line. Or your receiver is really old and the electronics are failing.  WGL Designs has X10 receivers that can be connected to other control...

The drawback with injectors is that you can't remotely toggle the power as well as the fact that you have 1-n power supplies vs 1 in a POE switch. For our home I use Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 8, 8-Port Managed PoE+ Gigabit Switch with SFP, 150W (ubiquiti site for ES-8-150W) switches where I need POE...

  Does this simply accept a text stream over the IP socket?  I'm looking to put a UPB PIM on TCP to interface with HASS? The UPB driver in HASS allows for a TCP or serial port.

I've addressed the noise behind the switch issue by putting in a line noise filter in between the light and the switch. Also have each of the UPS's in the house plugged into a filter to prevent the UPS from "conditioning" the circuit it is plugged into (not by design) and attenuating the UPC signal.

OP asked question specifically about preventing cameras from phoning home however in addition to what has been suggested previously in order to truly isolate and secure the cameras you will need to either have a completely separate physical network (already mentioned) or implement VLANs; How to...

  Consider getting on a chat with one of the sales reps, they can guide you based on your requirements. I did this when I was looking for plenum rated cables to run in my cold air return between floors of my house.

  ^^^This^^^!!!   Having been hit by indirect lighting twice in the last 15 years I now user fiber runs between all of my network switches and between my cable modem and my router for some level of isolation. The cable modem run uses media converters at each end, the others are run through a...

Like Brian (sic0048) I am running CQC. Alarm panel on the house has been a DSC xxxx (1864 currently) for going on 20 years now. At some point in the past I was able to bridge the DSC to CQC to have 2 way communication between both systems. Each does what they are good at without being dependent...

Alternative 2 also has the potential benefit of being stand alone in that the UPB I/O module can control other UPB devices directly without the need for an automation controller in the middle. I did this for the lights in our his and hers walk in closets. Door switch for each door to UPB I/O...

  Interesting, do you know if this camera responds to ONVIF queries and provides a streaming interface to a DVR like BlueIris?  I have a specific place that this type of camera would be perfect for... 

  Hope this helps...Ubiquiti 8 port POE Switch for the cameras in the out building.  You will need a switch at the house for the other end of the fiber 2x 1000BASE-SX SFP 850nm 550m DOM Transceiver Module for FS Switches  (or whatever fs.com sales consultant recommends) Fiber between the house...

  Instead of copper between buildings consider running Fiber. FiberStore fs.com has outstanding prices for pre-terminated cable of all sorts. Media converters are inexpensive or if you run with 2 Ubiquiti switches, they offer an 8 port POE that is under $200 on amazon. Fiber transceivers...

  Actually the simplest and keeping it mostly in the same family is a Google Home hub / Nest / Hue.  Google Home Hub is fantastic for displaying status of devices plus verbal feedback. For example "Hey Google what is the nest set to" gives you a verbal response as well as a graphical display...

+1 on voip.ms, been using them for 5+ years without a single hitch.

Not quite what you are looking for but I used a Zwave door module sealed in a PVC pipe with a heavy duty door magnet. Been working flawlessly for 2+ years.  Did have to put in 2 zwave repeaters in the house closest to the fence gates, I have 3 gates, all are monitored.