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I have a new blackberry curve with the Hot-Spot@Home stuff. This allows the phone to use a local wireless router to bypass the cellular network and get 'free' minutes -- for 20 bucks a month. For me this is crucial since coverage at home ... sucks. So now I want to use the blackberry to...

We were recently at a very nice hotel and they had these LED lights in the ceiling that the wife liked. I told her I would look into it. They sort of look like Christmas tree lights but they slowly change color. I have found sauna's that claim to have LED lights but I can't find a 'kit' that...

My media closet can get pretty warm and it is only going to get worse when I move a couple of PC's in there. The cold air return goes right through the room. Is there any reason I shouldn't put a manual (or controllable) vent in the cold air return ducting to suck some hot air out? I could...

I have a dead CADDX board (NX8e). It powers up but has a fault message. Where do I send this to get it fixed? I already have a replacement installed and running, but I'd like a backup if it doesn't cost more to fix it than replace it.

I have used an elk PD9 power distribution module to handle 'fusing' multiple devices sitting on a single 12V power supply. I just got all of my networking gear in the can and the firewall and switch are 5V devices (as is one other device in the can). I'd like to use the elk power distribution...

Today we had a problem with a switch and I looked at it in upstart and found that it had the delay parameter! (I recently upgraded upstart so I would not have seen this before) I bought all of my stuff in May/June! How could that be? It turns out that I have 5 switches that are 2-40's with...

I've been one of the UPB lover/UPB delay haters here.... I just got one of the new 140T switches, installed it in our bathroom and all I can say is that the WAF-delay factor is no longer an issue! It is that simple. It really works well. If you pay attention (closely) you can still sense the...

This is probably a dumb question but it is safety related so I might as well ask. In the event that the security system detects smoke what is the list of things the automation controller needs to do? The only obvious thing is turning off any HVAC or fans that might be running (reduce air)...

The house is mostly done (my automation stuff isn't...) we poured a pad for the generator and wired it up and now are ready to pull the trigger. I've done a bit of shopping around and see those 6kw Generac NG ones (little brothers to the one in our office building). We have natural gas that...

I need to put some lighting in our drive way. There is an easy way to do it based on power that is already out there for an always on light (it is light sensitive and has a dedicated unswitched run). I could easily put a little outdoor e box at the base of the light with a couple of UPB...

We just finished our house a few months ago. The main living space is a great room (kitchen, dining, family room). The floor is all bamboo, lots of windows and much of it has high ceilings. An unanticipated problem has been the loud echos... you just haven't lived life until you've heard a 2...

When our sprinklers were put in, they installed a ringer but unfortunately it is a 24V model. I don't want to setup up a 24V battery backed system. I have backed up 12V supplies ready to power the ringer but I don't know what to get. Any recommendations on an exterior red ringer (for our flow...

We have started living in our new house in the Seattle area. We choose not to install AC but did install a QuietCool fan in the master bedroom. The master + bath + closet has about 350ft^2 of space. The quiet cool fan was a breeze to install in the framing stage, at most an hour. I had no...

Everything has been running pretty smoothly for a while on the NX8E install. I recently added two smoke alarms and now the panel has a Control Power Fault error message. I have disconnected (and verified) the new smokes and they appear to be OK and of the same model as the other 4 that are...

We are planning to move into our new house next week. Electrical final is today/tomorrow and we wanted to add a couple of exterior spots. With UPB (or any of the other PLC systems, zwave, x10, insteon) all we needed to do was get to power with a switch placed anywhere convenient. We were able...

I am having a strange problem with a US130 UPB switch. It seems to be activating almost all of other UPB lights on 240's and 130's It is my suspicion that it has to do with link241 and something I must not be clear on. I have checked the load controlled by rocker option. Transmit type is...

Out of reach wire no problem!

I have an SA UPB relay module hooked up to a bathroom fan. I can see it with UPStart and can program it without any problems (no errors, changes are made and read back etc). It is definitely not setup to blink! The darn thing won't stop cycling on/off about once every 3 seconds. Any ideas...

With lots of help from CT, I passed the LV inspection today! I'm taking a week off from wires ;)

I am programming up about 30 up switches and UFR's. I have some fans that turn on with UFR's and have come to the point where I can do one of two things: 1) Create a Link for on and a link for off. 2) Create a Link for on and use deactivate for off. It seems like 2 makes more sense but I've...