Recent content by Maxwell881

Thanks chewie, I am definitely heading in the direction of a Homeseer and z-wave setup. I am gathering information from all of you guys that throw it my way, and I will make a decision on what I think is best for me. You guys have been great, keep the advice coming, it is all being taken in.

OK, will do. You guys were a big help right off the bat. I am talking to some people now, and getting ideas of where I need to go next with this project. Thanks.

Hey thanks guys for the help getting into the forum. Have a good one. Late

Very nice info. This is getting exciting for me, I love learning new electronics and gadgets. Hopefully I can get a small system up shortly.

Hey thanks in toz-wave, If I wanted to get a controller, which I think is a good idea, do I need a gateway? If not, how does the homeseer software control the z-wave object? Or am I just missing something? I cannot visualize how the controller works, other than using it like a remote, so it is...

Now that's the answer that I have been looking for. That is exactly what I want, when power goes out, or the PC fails, I still have control, all be it, manually, but still have control. This is the only thing that has been making me nervous about getting into this, believe it or not. All right...

I guess what I am asking about when it comes to power outages is, for example, if you had door locks that were on the network would you not be able to get in or out? I don't really know how to ask the question, but I am a little concerned with power outages. I live near Austin TX, and we do have...

I have another question for everyone. With setting up a house with all this automation, what has happened or could happen when there is a power loss? I would just be a little concerned that I get all this setup over the next couple of months, to have a power outage just kill everything. Are...

Thank you Rupp for the information. I think that I will download the software and just getting familiar with the interface. Do I need to buy any hardware, or should I even consider it until I play around with the software?

Thanks for the replies guys. On that note, I do not know if I want pc controlled or hardware controlled. I am not against either one of them, seeing as how I really don't know anything about either one of these. Now I am not against a pc based setup, because I do have a computer that I call my...

Hello all, I just joined your community yesterday, and I am very new to this home automation. I have talked to a couple of guys on this forum and they thought that I should post up a topic in a forum more designed to help than in the "Hello World" newbie forum. So here goes. One of the...

Ok Dan, I will start a new thread in another forum. In my case, which forum would you recommend me start it in? I will start it off with some things that Lou asked me; Some basic info. 1) How big is your home? 2) How much money are you considering spending? 3) How much stuff do you want to...

Well hello Lou Apo, It is nice to see some other people from Austin here. Thanks for the warm welcome. I hope to learn a lot from here. I myself am not a fan of contracts also, but sometimes you have to do it, and it sucks. I was hesitant to sign a contract with these guys from Vivint, just...

Well thank you AnthonyZ and Dan Electron, I appreciate your quick post. Like I said in my post I am very new to this, so when I saw the vivint setup at my in-law's, I have to be honest, it was pretty cool. I have always wanted to do something like home automation, but never really knew what...

Hey everyone, I just jumped on this forum earlier today, signed up and I'm looking forward to learning about home automation and security, and hopefully setting my house up. I currently have an older home security system in the house, and would like to upgrade it, also would like to get into...