Well, I have been waiting a long time to have enough money for a remodel in my 100 year old house. Most of the funds are going into the actual 1600 sq foot addition and 1600 square foot remodel (we are leaving about 1600 sq feet alone). I have been researching for about 2 weeks and think that I simply have learned that I do not know much!
The budget for home automoation/security with video/multi-room audio/media server/Climate control is about $10,000. The $10k is for security cameras, 3 touchpanels, switches speakers, control panels, HV wiring by electrician, all other wiring by me). The Home theater stuff is a whole seperate issue for another forum. In any event after much reading I think that I will get enough reliability from HAI HLC products. I like the switches, new POE touchpanels due in April, new whole home audio, interconnectivity with CQC.
Due to my budget I cannot get a hardwired system like Lutron Homewors but that is okay (I need money for the home theater). I thought that I would wire Cat5 to each HAI switch in case I am unsatisfied witht he UPB technology in which case I could by the EDT Iline equipment. I thik that someone else on this forum is thinking along the same ines that I am. The only downside I saw to EDT is that there is no native CQC support and I am not sure how easy it will be for me to interface CQC to ELK to EDT. Never done any of this stuff before but I am an avid DIYer.
Am I correct in thinking that EDT is as reliable as Homeworks?
Should I just install the EDT instead of the HAI HLC and then try and pay Dean or someone to make a driver that we can chare with everyone? Maybe that is too expensive (I do not know). I do know that I like the CQC concept so I really want to use it.
If I go with the HAI HLC brand will I really need CQC?
Is HAI's HLC line of UPB the most reliable out there?
What is the worst that I can expect from the UPB? I want reliable but I can live with a very very occasional issue (press a button and nothing happens sort of thing, perhap a 1/2 second delay every once in a while when trying to turn on a light). I cannot live with lights just popping on for no reason or simply not responding. I need the lights to react like they are being switched from a standard switch.
I should also mention that my electrician has given me a very very good quote and I like the standard HV wiring scheme of wireless, UPB and EDT. If I ask the electrician to rethink the wiring scheme I think he will use the opportunity to move my current quote higher!
The budget for home automoation/security with video/multi-room audio/media server/Climate control is about $10,000. The $10k is for security cameras, 3 touchpanels, switches speakers, control panels, HV wiring by electrician, all other wiring by me). The Home theater stuff is a whole seperate issue for another forum. In any event after much reading I think that I will get enough reliability from HAI HLC products. I like the switches, new POE touchpanels due in April, new whole home audio, interconnectivity with CQC.
Due to my budget I cannot get a hardwired system like Lutron Homewors but that is okay (I need money for the home theater). I thought that I would wire Cat5 to each HAI switch in case I am unsatisfied witht he UPB technology in which case I could by the EDT Iline equipment. I thik that someone else on this forum is thinking along the same ines that I am. The only downside I saw to EDT is that there is no native CQC support and I am not sure how easy it will be for me to interface CQC to ELK to EDT. Never done any of this stuff before but I am an avid DIYer.
Am I correct in thinking that EDT is as reliable as Homeworks?
Should I just install the EDT instead of the HAI HLC and then try and pay Dean or someone to make a driver that we can chare with everyone? Maybe that is too expensive (I do not know). I do know that I like the CQC concept so I really want to use it.
If I go with the HAI HLC brand will I really need CQC?
Is HAI's HLC line of UPB the most reliable out there?
What is the worst that I can expect from the UPB? I want reliable but I can live with a very very occasional issue (press a button and nothing happens sort of thing, perhap a 1/2 second delay every once in a while when trying to turn on a light). I cannot live with lights just popping on for no reason or simply not responding. I need the lights to react like they are being switched from a standard switch.
I should also mention that my electrician has given me a very very good quote and I like the standard HV wiring scheme of wireless, UPB and EDT. If I ask the electrician to rethink the wiring scheme I think he will use the opportunity to move my current quote higher!