I am fairly new to this hobby and as an extension to my home theater activities I would like to begin the process of automating my home for convenience and security. Below I have listed some of the items I have amassed over the last six months or so and now begins the process to tie it all together. I have some old automation books (~10 years) but I was curious what any current recommended reading might be. At this point I am mostly interested in getting idea's on what CAN be done that I might not be aware of.. then taking a deeper dive into HOW to accomplish what I want/need.
Hardware:
Control4 Media Center, Home Theater Controller and 10.5" touch panel
Aprilaire thermo (8870) and rs232 controller (8811)
Elk M1 Gold kit
M1 LIGHTING & THERMOSTAT INTERFACE
M-AUDIO DELTA 410 AUDIO CARD (for pc-based audio distribution)
Software:
J River Media Center
CQC full suite
Meedio (not in use)
Mainlobby, DVDLobby etc. (not in use)
Immediate goals:
Water leak detection/alarm (recent sump pump failure)
Install and integrate Elk panel into Control4 or CQC (undecided)
Determine door and window sensors needs and install
Mid-term goals:
Whole house audio distribution (mp3's on Infrant ReadyNAS)
garage door open monitor
Thanks.
Elmer
Hardware:
Control4 Media Center, Home Theater Controller and 10.5" touch panel
Aprilaire thermo (8870) and rs232 controller (8811)
Elk M1 Gold kit
M1 LIGHTING & THERMOSTAT INTERFACE
M-AUDIO DELTA 410 AUDIO CARD (for pc-based audio distribution)
Software:
J River Media Center
CQC full suite
Meedio (not in use)
Mainlobby, DVDLobby etc. (not in use)
Immediate goals:
Water leak detection/alarm (recent sump pump failure)
Install and integrate Elk panel into Control4 or CQC (undecided)
Determine door and window sensors needs and install
Mid-term goals:
Whole house audio distribution (mp3's on Infrant ReadyNAS)
garage door open monitor
Thanks.
Elmer