IVB
Senior Member
I have a dream. Granted, it's a pretty lame dream considering what others dream about, but it's my dream.
My dream is that I build out a fully functional smart-home that makes a tangible impact in my wife's life, oh, and let's me embarass my buddy who spent $150K outfitting his house to do the same and is doing not much more than my $5K system.
##%^#*.
My dream just caused me to put in an order for the Elk M1, doorbell ring detector, external temp sensor. I'm also looking at covert cameras to mount inside my front door and in the nanny-cam areas. And IR door locks. and RFID. and trigger events based on caller ID. and SMS integration. and lighting. and motion sensors. and smoke detector integration with the speakers. Perhaps an external weather station so I can turn off irrigation when it's raining or about to rain. Perhaps something with VR. And I have barely scratched the surface with my media distribution - would you belive that I'm so sheltered that there's only 1 EDTV in my house, and no HDTV's at all? And there's only 4 audio zones wired?
G'Lord. I need to take some sleeping pills that stop me from dreaming. Or hit the lottery, so I can do this fulltime without worrying about paying the bills.
My dream is that I build out a fully functional smart-home that makes a tangible impact in my wife's life, oh, and let's me embarass my buddy who spent $150K outfitting his house to do the same and is doing not much more than my $5K system.
##%^#*.
My dream just caused me to put in an order for the Elk M1, doorbell ring detector, external temp sensor. I'm also looking at covert cameras to mount inside my front door and in the nanny-cam areas. And IR door locks. and RFID. and trigger events based on caller ID. and SMS integration. and lighting. and motion sensors. and smoke detector integration with the speakers. Perhaps an external weather station so I can turn off irrigation when it's raining or about to rain. Perhaps something with VR. And I have barely scratched the surface with my media distribution - would you belive that I'm so sheltered that there's only 1 EDTV in my house, and no HDTV's at all? And there's only 4 audio zones wired?
G'Lord. I need to take some sleeping pills that stop me from dreaming. Or hit the lottery, so I can do this fulltime without worrying about paying the bills.