I have a good friend who has a complete home automation system with voice activation, rain sensors that notify him if a window is open and it starts raining, RFID on his vehicles so the house can inform him that it's raining and such and such car is in the driveway not in the garage. Lots of really cool features that he has programmed into the system to handle lighting and entertainment needs. He wired most of his home with mics and in wall or in ceiling speakers for multizoning entertainment handling. Fingerprint and voice activated security features. As well as several touchscreens to control the whole system. In addition to all this he can control any aspect of the homes control and lighting from either his pda/cellphone or any computer with internet access.
His next step was to add motorized blind and window controls as well as cameras to monitor it all.
slick just doesn't define the entire scope of the control.
Well one fundamental aspect of the system is the control over lighting as well as HVAC info being provided by INSTEON devices ( a replacement for a similar but more antiquated system: X-10)
My question for you guys is this,
How many of you have any lighting control devices in your homes.
And if so what systems are you using and to what extent do you have your systems administering your home automation needs.
I'd like to start this thread with the intention of discussing all things home automation within.
I started my own system with just a few lamp modules and a couple remotes, from a cheapo system GE came out with.
It worked fine for turning off those last few lights from bed.
I am now ready to start building a serious integrated system, much like my friends. Only in stages.
Of course one of the primary sources of info and products is
Smarthome