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Can you please point me to some of the "hardwired ones"? Thanks!

Thanks, Cocoonut! I plan on doing much more reading, but I'm just looking for someone to grab me by the shoulders and turn me in the right direction (based on the info I've provided so far). I'm more of a database programmer but I recently built an Android app for the company I work for and it...

Are there any commercial platforms out there for smarthomes that don't rely mainly on wireless connections? Do any have an API that I can program against? Are any designed to work with a wired setup similar to what I described in my first (ever) post above?

I'm open to the existing technologies, but it's a little overwhelming figuring out which one to go with. Based on my situation: 1. wanting something "open source" that i can program against 2. wanting an Android tablet and a local server of some sort to be the "brains" of my smarthome, what...

I'm building a home addition (myself) and I have all of the interior studs exposed at the moment. I have the urge to automate my home and put my skills as a professional software developer to use writing an Android app that will let me control my lighting, etc., from an Android tablet. Here's...