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I have a client with a second home that is fairly deep in the mountains. They are stuck with HughesNet's (lousy) service. We are able to use SnapLink and PC Access to log in to the controller remotely (if slowly) but, Haiku won't connect. It's as if it times out before it can negotiate the...

...and I was honored to join 'em (despite them baiting me to bash Apple). You can listen here.

Having lost my primary laptop last week to a hardware failure, I went out and bought a new one. I have installed PC Access 3 on it without issue. However, if I bring the many .pca files I have backed up over to the machine, PC Access won't open them and throws an error that they are invalid...

So I went to add my first Rain8 ever today to a client's HAI rig. Imagine my surprise when my fused 24VAC supply kept blowing fuses. I searched high and low for shorts before I finally found that the RS-232 port had AC voltage on it's pins. A couple had 13VAC but the bulk had 24 VAC. No pin was...

Just got a OmniIIe system installed for a client who is using H@me to interface. They want to use the All On and All Off commands for the UPB lighting but, it won't activate via H@me or the HAI console. All units have the All On and All Off fields set as enabled and yet, no love. I haven't used...

I've recently started graphing temperature data throughout my house, including the thermostat's current temperature value. It's been a great tool to be able to visually note what is happening with my HVAC system and general comfort. Turns out, it's also revealed an issue that I didn't notice...

For me, as well as others, 2009 was a blood bath. It was a year filled with uncertainty, insecurity, doubt and fear. In my case, the worst of it was personal as my marriage disintegrated even faster than our savings (reconciliation is the goal, we’ll see). As the New Year broke, I found myself...

I've had a few of these cheap and easy cameras over the years. One was loaned to a "friend" who was nice enough to return it to me after attempting to hack the thing. Dead as a door nail. I have one more that I want to put back into my rig but, I cannot for the life of me find the danged setup...

This is, in all fairness, a self serving link but... http://homeauto.com/NewsAndEvents/news/200...ityPartners.asp As I am now running sales for Borg and happen to run my own home (as well as a handful of 'pro' installs) with CQC, I thought it was cool that they were announced together.

I first saw the news via Julie Jacobson on Twitter. Heres the link. As a Colorado native, I feel for those who were employed by the company. It's really sad how the economy is crushing so many players in the HA space. I also wonder what this will mean for the contractual obligations VNet had...

...for the sake of transparency, I'll be changing my signature to reflect. Last week I was offered and I accepted a position with up and comer Borg Displays. I will have the opportunity to expand the product's reach working in a sales role while also helping to steer the ship through technical...

So I am looking for a cheap ('cause I'm funding it) but reliable solution for "linking" my home to my neighbor's home. They have a young boy who has a bipolar disorder and he can get really, really violent. For times when his dad isn't around, his mom needs to be able to quickly and efficiently...

...have you already gone into prop building mode? With a mere 54 days left 'til Halloween, our home is pretty much in a frenzy. The inside of the house is already half done up as a tomb (this year) and I'm in full tilt prop building mode. I use HAI and Radio RA to "automate" much of our haunt...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11461247@N02/...57609502196354/ Piece of cake and could save little bread.

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I've uploaded a quick how to on making your own dual emitter/single tip and dual tip/single emitter IR cables here. Hopefully, someone else may get a little out of it...

The following is taken almost verbatim from a quick write up I posted at the Charmed Quark forums... My initial impression is that it considerably quicker and more responsive than the HP T5700 (my only other experience with XPe) and that's to be expected. Accessing my cameras (analog feeding...

http://www.meetup.com/Denver-Metro-Home-Automation-Meetup First meeting is scheduled for June 10th between 6:30-8:30pm with a topic of "Green" automation. See you Colorado knuckleheads there!

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Take a look at http://www.bitwisecontrols.com/givingback.php . I wish all corporate entities were this willing to "give back". Especially these days when the scumbags in NY and Washington just want more. I met with Lance today and I can say that one, Bitwise Controls makes one hell of a product...