NickTheGreat
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I'm new to posting here but have been lurking for a LONG time here. There is so much knowledge here
I've been fascinated by Home Automation since I bought an RF plug-in lamp switch in college. I'm fairly savvy with home theater and computers, but never ventured into this realm too much. I have my engineering degree, so I have a small amount of pompousness, which helps with this type of thing
Anyway, we just bought our place less than a year ago. Wonderful home, big yard, kitchen, room to grow, etc. But it has walls and I hate to tear them up too much. I have been interested in some lighting control. Then thought I should may like some sort of verification on my garage doors. And then maybe an alert for my freezer . . .
I fell in love with the Lutron RadioRA2 but learned how easy it is for me to purchase and modify on my own. So I started reading about the Insteon stuff. Now I'm on to the Z-Wave stuff. Am I on the right track here? The idea of not pulling miles of cable is appealing (I'll leave that to when I purchase my HTD stuff. I would like to think I'm an amateur computer programmer, so the idea of being able to constantly tweak the program is important to me.
Is starting with a few Z-Wave modules and some sort of controller (MiCaseVerde?) starting on the right path? Or am I trying to buy a VCR when I should be looking at DVRs? Thanks a ton.
I've been fascinated by Home Automation since I bought an RF plug-in lamp switch in college. I'm fairly savvy with home theater and computers, but never ventured into this realm too much. I have my engineering degree, so I have a small amount of pompousness, which helps with this type of thing
Anyway, we just bought our place less than a year ago. Wonderful home, big yard, kitchen, room to grow, etc. But it has walls and I hate to tear them up too much. I have been interested in some lighting control. Then thought I should may like some sort of verification on my garage doors. And then maybe an alert for my freezer . . .
I fell in love with the Lutron RadioRA2 but learned how easy it is for me to purchase and modify on my own. So I started reading about the Insteon stuff. Now I'm on to the Z-Wave stuff. Am I on the right track here? The idea of not pulling miles of cable is appealing (I'll leave that to when I purchase my HTD stuff. I would like to think I'm an amateur computer programmer, so the idea of being able to constantly tweak the program is important to me.
Is starting with a few Z-Wave modules and some sort of controller (MiCaseVerde?) starting on the right path? Or am I trying to buy a VCR when I should be looking at DVRs? Thanks a ton.