Hello all! New member here- First post...
I'm a newbie to home automation, but not quite. I have an engineering background, specifically regarding automation (Mechatronics degree)-- So my interest for this stuff has been there for a while. I will catch up quickly here with the cocoon tech community!
So anyway.. here's my question:
Is it possible to create an integral home automation system that relies on LAN? - (Lights, alarms, cameras, entertainment -A/V, communications (internet,phone,etc), energy, water, gas) PC LAN controlled system? I know that most if not all the home automation networks work on Powerline-based systems.
I'm interested on creating my customized Lan network to do this, with a central computer for house control as a backbone in which all software and systems will be held. The differene would be that it would require Ethernet CAT5 cable, or even fiberoptics, but not through the powerline.
Please provide any info, opinion, guide, tutorial, examples, etc. (wether or not this is possible)- I have read a lot about standard home automation systems (which I don't discard), but haven't found anything like this (which sounds as something that should exist).
I'm a newbie to home automation, but not quite. I have an engineering background, specifically regarding automation (Mechatronics degree)-- So my interest for this stuff has been there for a while. I will catch up quickly here with the cocoon tech community!
So anyway.. here's my question:
Is it possible to create an integral home automation system that relies on LAN? - (Lights, alarms, cameras, entertainment -A/V, communications (internet,phone,etc), energy, water, gas) PC LAN controlled system? I know that most if not all the home automation networks work on Powerline-based systems.
I'm interested on creating my customized Lan network to do this, with a central computer for house control as a backbone in which all software and systems will be held. The differene would be that it would require Ethernet CAT5 cable, or even fiberoptics, but not through the powerline.
Please provide any info, opinion, guide, tutorial, examples, etc. (wether or not this is possible)- I have read a lot about standard home automation systems (which I don't discard), but haven't found anything like this (which sounds as something that should exist).