Recent content by Jay C

I hate to belabor the point as I'm sure you had other intentions for answers, but ... are you sure the screen is dead or is the backlight just burned out? I have replaced one of these recently at a cost of $13 for a new CCFL tube. On the otherhand, most laptops have a VGA connector and pressing...

Having said that, how easy is it to edit a timer/scene or even "display" the scene events? I am so looking for a solution to replace a HouseLinc and X10. I've had to pare down my original plans (back when I bought it) due to it major quirk and that's it's "battery backup". If I wasn't able to...

Ah...yes... why bother actually going to interface with your daughter face-to-face when you can just press a button. Seems a bit overkill to me :D Jay

Control4 is based "loosely" on Zigbee, not Zwave. Here is what I found in my research: 1. Control4 only works with Control4 not other manufacturers (from their website) 2. A Control4 light switch costs $99 3. The end user/consumer can not program any Control4 device, the local installer/rep has...

Not to be a kill joy, but a simple mechanical timer plug from Intermatic seems like a better fit for this application. I mean, are you randomly turning the fish tank light on or off? You aren't dimming it, what kind of automation are you doing with it then? Multiple on-off cycles per day maybe...

Well, I saw that price the other day too and am a bit disappointed. I was bagging on Zigbee stuff for being $100 for a switch. Looks like X10 will live on.