Recent content by gregjsmith

I guess the answer is no.

My gas company has put in an automatic meter reader from trucheck. Does anyone know if its possible to read these thing?

I'm looking for help on how to integrate a electric radiant floor installation into my current home automation system. The floor heating cables are connected to a thermostat that is 220 volt (includes ground and neutral). There is a in floor temperature probe which can determine the temperature...

The kind you put under couches or beds or mats. Though, I'm certainly interested in knowing about the other kind.

I'm looking for some inexpensive pressure sensors to hook up to DS10A's. Any suggestions?

Wayne Dalton announced a Zwave Mac compatible system. I think there are guys using ELK with a Mac using Serial Bridge, I would check out the Perceptive Automation forums. http://www.cepro.com/article/first_z_wave_...the_mac_debuts/ http://www.perceptiveautomation.com/phpBB2...cda76eb791130f4

They are not phasing out incandescents. They are upping the efficiency requirements for them. If I recall the major incandescent manufacturers said they can meet these requirements with incandescent bulbs until 2020. By 2020 they may have improved the technology further. This is from the linked...

Scorpions eat centipedes, which unlike scorpions are dangerous. Thankfully I haven't seen any centipedes in the house.

This seems to be the only part of my house that doesn't have spiders. Or scorpions...

I don't really have a place to set up my HA gear, so the heater closet gets dual use. I'm sure there's some sort of danger/code violation, so far nothing has caught on fire.

I'm using a TED with Insteon and X10. It killed my few X10 devices but Insteon is working fine.

I agree, which is why I haven't run out and bought it :blink:

I'm remodeling a bathroom. For the shower controls, I'd like to use something like this Grohe device: http://www.grohe.co.uk/?&id=731&id...rod_therm_gtlve. Anyone have experience or recommendations?

I missed that 3 & 4 wire thing. When I asked the HA7E for all the devices it only returns 00000000 instead of any addresses. I assumed it was because I didn't have enough power to the device. I guess I should look at the power injector then.

I'm trying to build a RJ11 to RJ45 cable to to power my 1 wire devices. I'm using a HA7E to interface via a serial connection. My box of wires has 50 some odd phone cables, not a single one has 6 wires, all have 4 or 2. It seems like it would just be easier to have all devices use RJ45...