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Hello, For my new house I am planning some basic lighting / shades control, my main aim being to minimize the number of switches on the walls. Where I live (in Europe) KNX is popular, with several companies offering KNX solutions. In my town there are just 2 certified Crestron dealers and 2...

Thanks. What I want is to connect SIP phones to an analog line. Can I do that with Obi? Or I have to use something like Asterix in order to achive this? Is there any way to connect the SIP phones to the Analog line without a PBX? Something like: SIP Phones -> Ethernet Switch -> Some basic low...

Thanks guys! I am a bit confused regarding the suggestion for Obi ... I had a look at it and it seems to be the opposide of what I need. sic0048 said "it allowed me to drop my analog phone line while still using the regular analog phones in my house" but what I need is something that will do the...

Hello, For my new home I want to use SIP video phones (e.g. grandstream) and sofware SIP clients on PCs and Android phones. I want to be able to use the SIP phones to monitor SIP compatibple IP cameras and SIP video door stations but at the same time I want to use these same SIP phones to make...

Thank you for your replies! The Mobotix was the one I was looking at most, but after searching their forums it seems that compatibility with different SIP phones is problematic (e.g. it can not work with the iPhone yet). This was disappointing because I assumed that by adopting a standard...

Hello, We are building a new home with two entrances. On each entrance I want to have a door intercom with camera. I don't like proprietary systems where the door intercom is hard wired with indoor units (which is what we have in my current home) and I would like more flexibility. After...

Thanks. So I guess the conclusion is that if I need more that 4 switches in a single box then I have to do a home-run wiring? In some other thread somebody mentioned that Lutron Grafik Eye can replace a bank of switches. I was hoping that with something like that I could have 8 or more loads...

Thank you for your answers. What is the maximum amount of switches that you can have in a single switch box? Could switches like the one in the photo bellow use standard wiring? Using a system with "home-run" wiring such as the one described in the post above I can have many switches in a single...

Hello, What would be the best way to reduce switch clutter when using the standard "traditional" wiring? This is for a new house that we will begin constructing next year. Thank you

Thank you all for your answers! How many switches can it replace? And is the wiring 100% standard with GE, or I still need to change/add a few things?

I don't like wall clutter and I would prefer not to have it. I don't think wall clutter would be an issue for most rooms, but it will be for the large open space we will have downstairs from where I will also need to control the lights for the garden! Is a home-run wiring solution the only way...

Hello, What would be the best way to wire a new house? I am talking mostly about electrical wiring (not about AV or home networking). For example: How is best to wire the switches. The "traditional" way, or what is called "home run" (or something entirely different)? My main concern is...

Thanks for the replies! Can the window sensor know if the window is actually locked as opposed to it being just closed?

It is not about the money. I just like to keep things as simple as possible as I want the minimum maintenance issues in the future. How are the door / window contacts wired? Does each one need its own wire or they can be daisy chained?

Thanks. But how much is really the time difference between opening the door and being inside? Probably a second... do you think this one second would make such a big difference? Also, wouldn't a motion detector be able to detect the motion of the door opening? That would mean both sensors could...