Recent content by midhun

Hi All, I was going through the Home Automation links and I have got to know about Motorola's Homesight System. Although it does not have the full range of accessories that a kit from Elk or HAI would have, It looks pretty good. http://www.smarthomeusa.com/Shop/Motorola-Homesight/...

I have now got a much more realistic picture of Home Automation. I am from an Asian country. There are no offices/dealer points of SH or any other guys. So going abroad just for the sake of training does not make any sense ( At least for me, it being so costly). And importing the devices is...

I have heard of a lot of softwares for home automation and also read about them in the thread "The Ultimate Home Automation Software List". Will any one of those help out in integrating and running a home automation system which uses different technologies? If no *standard* standard exists...

Hmm... Now I understand INSTEON better. Thanks fitzpatri8. So what does this all boil into?? Which is a good technology for development ?? INSTEON?? z-wave ?? UPB ?? Can there be a distinct way out?? Or is the world still confused on what tech to standardize on?

@SmartLabsMike Hey, you said : "INSTEON-enabled products have the ability to take advantage of one of 3" But what do the existing market products do?? Do they take advantage of both RF and powerline? Or does it take extra gadgetry to do the RF part?? I have an impression that INSTEON...

@Steve Ya, I am looking in to implement things professionally. I have seen websites of Clestron and Elan. They are professional and have really good systems. My idea was to integrate different modules and then provide a customized but complete solutions and then develop the modules grounds...

"Limiting yourself to a single technology is probably not the greatest idea. There are time were one technology won't work but another will, and visa versa." I would not limit myself to one technology but for the reason of integrating all the modules together. So if I have a security system...

Hey, Thx for the reply. I am looking at implementing integrated home automation solutions for already built homes. So I would definitely want to tinker with the technology. I have looked into some products of z-wave. But they seem to be costly compared to INSTEON. To start off and scale...

Hi All, I am new to Home Automation. But I would like to install and run an integrated system system. I am looking for a technology which has got lots of support and also devices of various kinds. I want to build an integrated system for large homes and I want it to be rock solid...