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    Soil moisture meters for lawn irrigation

    I'm starting a new project to use soil moisture sensors to control lawn irrigation.  I have installed some Davis tensiometer sensors in the ground, and have them hooked up to a hobby boards 1-wire system.   Right now, I'm just starting to get data from the sensors, so I don't know much yet. ...
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    Thoughts on occupancy sensing?

    I'm planning out the next stage of my home automation, and one of the things I'm trying to do is achieve some kind of automatic occupancy sensing for the lights.    I cannot easily cut the door jambs apart and wire in homemade beam breaks, so I'm trying to think of other possible solutions. ...
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    [Home Automation Software] gnhast

    gnhast Click here to view the software package
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    What core features do you want in HA software?

    I've begun writing a home automation system from scratch, which will be released in open source form for UNIX.  At least initially, it will be very much a "power-user" type system, with no GUI, but a framework for people to write thier own control code.  It will also be the basis for my own home...
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    Tim in AZ building out HA system

    Hi, I've been mucking around with home automation on and off for a few years now.  I've finally decided to go whole-hog on it.  I'm custom writing from scratch a UNIX-based HA controller system.     My current plans: Lots of 1-wire sensors Weatherstation Ip cameras (looking at axis) ad2usb...
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