Hi all, new here to home automation. So far I have 4 security cameras I bought from cctvhotdeals.com along with their dvr, I have a full wireless alarm from alarmsellout.com
I am looking to put in new lighting in my office where my computer is and I want to be able to control that lighting from my computer. I am researching and found z wave and recently stumbled on insteon, but the question is which way do I go?
I'm now in a whole new world, and searching home automation on youtube is making my head spin.
I do computer support for a living, so don't mind technology and learning new things at all.
That said, which direction should I move towards to make my whole house accessible from the internet, such that I can see what rooms have motion, make lights turn on and off on schedule, control my living room lighting from my harmony remote so I can hit movie mode and have the light auto dim and everything setup to movie mode etc?
Please help me get started in the right direction. I don't want to buy, sell re buy, and keep wasting money so trying to do this right. One thing I also saw on youtube that I LOVED was the guy talked said:
Guy: Computer
Computer: Yes
Guy: Play rock music
Computer; Ok, and rock music started playing.
I was thinking above could be accomplished by finding some wireless microphones that would shoot a signal to usb dongle in computer, then run from audio out on computer to my receiver, but am all ears and eager to learn
Thank you in advance.
I am looking to put in new lighting in my office where my computer is and I want to be able to control that lighting from my computer. I am researching and found z wave and recently stumbled on insteon, but the question is which way do I go?
I'm now in a whole new world, and searching home automation on youtube is making my head spin.
I do computer support for a living, so don't mind technology and learning new things at all.
That said, which direction should I move towards to make my whole house accessible from the internet, such that I can see what rooms have motion, make lights turn on and off on schedule, control my living room lighting from my harmony remote so I can hit movie mode and have the light auto dim and everything setup to movie mode etc?
Please help me get started in the right direction. I don't want to buy, sell re buy, and keep wasting money so trying to do this right. One thing I also saw on youtube that I LOVED was the guy talked said:
Guy: Computer
Computer: Yes
Guy: Play rock music
Computer; Ok, and rock music started playing.
I was thinking above could be accomplished by finding some wireless microphones that would shoot a signal to usb dongle in computer, then run from audio out on computer to my receiver, but am all ears and eager to learn
Thank you in advance.