Recent content by phenix

Well I got some bad news today. The long reaching economic problems of this country has made its way to me. The private airline I work for announced it's furloughing 500 pilots today (which includes me). So I'm seeking a new career path. ( I'm not sure what it is but I know I need one). :) I've...

I'll give it a try. I think with TV(no movie channels, 1 hd DVR and 1 set top box) Internet and Phone I pay $145 now.

Well I see a lot written about sagetv, hauppauge and slingbox. I'm not to familiar with any of them. I would just like to eliminate the comcast dvr box. And what ever I end up using I would like to integrate into CQC.

I'm sure this has been talked about before but I'm just curious what people are doing to replace the cable company's rented DVR boxes. I have Comcast and they just upped my bill AGAIN. So my wife started asking me if there was anything I could do to replace the box or the dvr. I told her I...

Thanks steve I think that's what I'm going to do.

I just called centralite they are confident with a 40ft space in between switches.

Sounds like I'm going to have to get more switches to bridge the gap.

What sort of distances do people have in between switches. I have someone who wants me to install about 6 switches in there home but off course they what 3 on one end of the house and 3 on the other. The bad news is that its about 180 ft from one end to the other. I'm sure I will have to put a...

That sounds great!

You could set the logic so that it would take the motion sensor in question plus another zone to trip an alarm. I'm an HAI guy so I don't know the details on how but should be very easy.

Ya I noticed that all the low power pcs use the atom. I just want to be able to run CQC on it. I will have my storage for media on a separate NAS type device. Say I were to use that board how do I know what is compatible with it? I would like to use SSD for stability. How do you chose a power...

I have always bought my computers from dell, hp, and apple. But now I find my self down a computer because of a crash. And with a few old desk tops lying around I was wondering if it would be easy enough for me to update one of the older dell xps machines??? I've never opened a computer up but...

Just a quick link. If anyone is looking for a way to monitor Nat Gas. I found these. Seems like an easy solution. http://www.imacsystems.com/meterpulser.htm I wrote the company for a quote. There about $250 each.

Thanks Pete I wish they had those for 1" pipes. We have very good water pressure and I would hate to restrict it by putting a 3/4 on. But besides that it would do the job nicely. Do you have them hooked up to a Omni or Elk after the dual counter board?

I have a Neptune t-10 water meter on the main water line for my house. (http://www.neptunetg.com/uploadedFiles/NTG...ALL%2004.06.pdf ) It has 3 screw terminals on it with a 3 conductor wire connected which runs to a small box mounted to the side of the house. This is were the water company...