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I am looking for expert information from other home automation
people out there. I am looking for a system with a lot of functionality
to control my home. Some features I am looking for include the following:

- Complete alarm system integration
- Relays digital/analog I/O control
- Phone control of system (outside and possibly within the home)
  - dialout capability due to events - pager integration
- X-10 interaction (at least as well as X-10 works in the
  - send and receive events)
- Voice integration (recognition and voice output)
- Controlled via computer (download to a processor is fine, but the
  prefered way is to keep computer control or monitoring possible
- Audio/video control throughout the house
- External house monitering (video, sensors, light levels, etc)
- Not Windoze compatible (DOS would be ok). I want to use this through
  Linux so some basic communication control would be nice. I want the
  ability to integrate with my on-line service for control via the web, via
  e-mail and alphanumeric pagers, etc. Also personally developed
  interfaces, etc.

Price is not necessarily an issue, I (and I'm sure many others) am looking
for a good, solid, reliable, upgradable system.

I've heard lots of talk about X-10, HCS III, etc, but I'm looking for
experienced information.

Anyone use/hear of/sell something like this? I'd like to hear from you.

Thanks, I look forward to some info. Email prefered.

Carl

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Austin, TX

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http://www.mindspring.com/~jtaylor

Senior Engineer - Scientific Research Corporation
Atlanta, GA

And buy an issue of Circuit Cellar Ink (860) 875-2751.
If not for the articles, at least for the add's.

Bye,

Bas

Sanity is the worst form of insanity....

http://www.circellar.com

They manufacture one and have links to other similar sites.

hope this helps

Don Nelson

The people you should try and find at the department are Noel Lovisa and
Simon Baird, in that order.  The project has its own web page which is
accesible from the Departmental homepage (I wish I could remember what the
specific URL is! - sorry).

[1]  The university in question is the James Cook University of North
Queensland, Australia.

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Quote:> >-
> There is a newsgroup dedicated to this subject. I don't recall the title but you
> should be able to find it.

Quote:>>I am looking for expert information from other home
automation
>>people out there. I am looking for a system with a

Quote:>>to control my home. Some features I am looking for

you also might try http://smarthome.com/smarthome.
They sell all the hardware and software you would ever
need....they even supply a free catalog.

s,sci.electronics.equipment,sci.electronics.misc

Organization: Microplex Pty Ltd
Distribution:

: Try alt.home.automation

..and comp.home.automation (I've not seen the alt.h.a group actually)

Bob.

: >

: >
: > >I am looking for expert information from other home automation
: > >people out there. I am looking for a system with a lot of functionality
: > >to control my home. Some features I am looking for include the following:

: snip...

: > >-
: > There is a newsgroup dedicated to this subject. I don't recall the title but you
: > should be able to find it.

: Try alt.home.automation

Would you believe comp.home.automation ??

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