I wired my house extensively for network, video, telephone and the like and am getting ready to tie in a home automation controller/alarm.
For the alarm it would probably be less than a dozen wired contacts, 25 or so wireless sensors, at least 4 internal motion detectors, 2 smoke detectors and 1 to 2 keypads. I also plan on adding several outdoor camera's hoping to tie them in to a PC for hard drive based storage, and do the same for several internal cameras (I was considering the combination motion detector camera units but have only begun looking at them).
External cameras would be modulated onto unused channels and tied into the existing video distribution throughout the house.
I was thinking about tying this into a some form of media center pc (ms or otherwise) and would like control on integrating everthing from a software perspective (programming is not an issue).
I've been eyeing the HAI Omni II for some time, but it seems almost everyone here recommends Elk M1G and home seer.
Any recommendations or further opinions/comments?
For the alarm it would probably be less than a dozen wired contacts, 25 or so wireless sensors, at least 4 internal motion detectors, 2 smoke detectors and 1 to 2 keypads. I also plan on adding several outdoor camera's hoping to tie them in to a PC for hard drive based storage, and do the same for several internal cameras (I was considering the combination motion detector camera units but have only begun looking at them).
External cameras would be modulated onto unused channels and tied into the existing video distribution throughout the house.
I was thinking about tying this into a some form of media center pc (ms or otherwise) and would like control on integrating everthing from a software perspective (programming is not an issue).
I've been eyeing the HAI Omni II for some time, but it seems almost everyone here recommends Elk M1G and home seer.
Any recommendations or further opinions/comments?