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If you are willing to put everything into itunes, then apple's AirPlay functionality works really well with many airport expresses. The Airport express has a volume control. I use them with remote-turn-on amps. Anyone on our wireless network can stream from whatever ipad/phone app they want (we...

Thanks for the tip. This is going to seem like craziness... 2 WHENEVER EVERY 1 HOUR AND HVACBoost (Counter 11) IS GREATER THAN 0 THEN SUBTRACT 1 FROM HVACBoost (Counter 11) 3 WHENEVER HVACBoost...

2 WHENEVER EVERY 1 HOUR AND HVACBoost (Counter 11) IS GREATER THAN 0...

I used to know how to grab rules and paste as text from RP1, can I get some pointers on how to do it with RP2?

I decided to put our 2-zone home under the complete control of M1 rules. I have three layers of logic, (Armed Away, Armed Stay/Not Armed), (Winter/Summer - which is effectively a temperature check outdoors with keypad temps at the doors), (Morning, Day, Night). The combination of all these...

1) What should I run in the walls? Our electrician has a fat cable bundle with CAT6, coax, and telephone that he usually uses. I'll probably ask for an empty conduit/loom with a string, so that I can run stuff later. I'd run 3-4 Cat5e/6 to each room you care about. It's cheap and super...

Based on how you portray your needs and present yourself in this thread, I'd recommend Control4. It has a more professional polish to its interfaces and solutions which will make you feel like it's money well spent. You will also spend very very little time futzing with it, which will work with...

When our lawn was ripped during construction last spring I ran a cable from a 1" DLJ meter to my brultech unit. It has a pulse counter on the last aux. port. Works like a charm. I can see water usage accumulation each day in homeseer. I find the brultech software far easier to use to see...

I've had this setup running for about 4 years now: http://m1sprinkler.blogspot.com/

What about Security, Video Surveillance, Irrigation, Pool Control, Weather Forecast/Climate sensors, Remote Access via the Web, Mobile Access, and Energy/Utility Monitoring? You could also add evaluation/ratings of how easy to setup/integrate, how reliable, how good the support is, and if there...

Zoho is another option (www.zoho.com)

It does everything as an integrated system. You need to add an alarm, but that's it I think. It's not for everyone, they are pretty strict about DIY (though that's up to the dealer) and if you want to access it remotely, you need to pay a monthly fee. You could piece together a system on your...

You can give conditional access to those you trust, but it also keep a change log of everything. It has freeze frame, pivot tables, vlookup...everything excel has. A little slow sometimes but it's a superior multi-user tool.

Get a Control4 system. There are *no* point and click-easy DIY solutions out there, and you will need to chain many elements together to get a fully capable system with Lights, HVAC, Security, Audio, Sprinkler, and IR control. I would recommend use a google spreadsheet to setup the comparison...

I would highly recommend getting router hardware, like the RouterBoard RB333, and running "RouterOS" by Mikrotik. Mikrotik Then on top of this I would recommend running NTOP, which is an open source traffic monitor and packet/protocol inspector. WISP providers (wireless ISPs) use this kind of...