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    AARTech Deals?

    For those shopping in Canada, our Black Friday sale is on right now..    Up to 40% off select items!   Free Shipping over $99 5% off over $399
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    DVR security hole

      Do you run PFsense on a computer or did you buy one of their boxes - or did you roll your own box?
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    Alternative to Home Security Store?

    Oh I should say it looks like they have been reborn under new managment/ownership for what it's worth.
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    Alternative to Home Security Store?

    skeboni, yes cross border shopping can be a pain because of potential duties and brokerage fees and usually higher shipping.  So we tend to cater primarily to Canadian customers although we have some repeat customers out of the USA. Shipping is usually about $20-$25 (CDN) and orders under $200...
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    [Vendor] Aartech Canada

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    Alternative to Home Security Store?

    The news about HSS was a bit shocking to me.  In my completely biased opinion you need to be careful if you are considering ordering automation equipment from Amazon or Ebay.  Amazon ships fast and takes product back for a short time but then offers no warranty or support of any kind and many...
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    CCTV Installation and Automation

    This modulator would be OK if you plan to modulate to an analog channel, and run separate cable feeds to the TV's, and tune to the cable channel to view the picture.  But it won't modulate to digital channels and if you try to run it on the same coax to the TV it will stomp over a chunk of your...
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    How to make a baisc water sensor that will cut off electricity

    Another poster suggested fixing the washing machine which makes sense.. but even a machine working well can stop working out of the blue, or you might have a burst hose, etc. FloodStop is another product that will automatically shut off the water supply in case of any water on the ground around...
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    Which technology to use for an inexpensive basic config: Z-wave, UPB, INSTEON?

    Hopefully this doesn't turn in to a technology bashing thread and sometimes technology preferences are akin to people's favorite cars or sports team. My advice to you is to look at some options for the system controller that you will use to create schedules and allow remote Internet or smart...
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    Does the smartlinc allow you to have a set schedule with the need to have a computer running or a is

    It does, yes. It's pretty basic in scheduling - one on/off time per scene I believe. But you can program it and let it run without needing a computer running. The ISY99i is a big time favourite here for INSTEON users particularly if you have more than a few lights, scenes or wish to do any...
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    Insteon - Keypadlinc & Switchlinc w/99i status update

    You want both SwitchLinc and KeypadLinc to be set up in the scene as controllers.
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    Dual Band Switchlinc overcomes CFL noise?

    Are you talking about a KeypadLinc or a SwitchLinc dimmer? Are these dimmable CFL bulbs?
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    Dual Band Switchlinc overcomes CFL noise?

    I can't answer with 100% certainty because I suppose it's technically possible to still have some interference but we have had great success with the dual band dimmers. One of our installers has been using half dual band dimmers in his recent installs and has been really impressed by the...
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    Daylight Sensor for alarm panel

    Simplehomenet has a light sensor with both analog and digital output. You can adjust the trigger level of the digital output. http://www.simplehomenet.com/proddetail.asp?prod=79357342314 http://www.aartech.ca/ezeye-simplehomenet-...ght-sensor.html Cheers
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    Help me design a cheap automatic door opener

    Assuming it's a standard swing open door... have you looked at the Otodor opener from Skylink? http://www.aartech.ca/otodor-door-opener/ http://www.skylinkhome.com/can/products/sd...oor_opener.html Cheers Robert
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    Infra Red

    Channel Vision has some decent IR products available and Audioplex has both single and multi-zone IR product available, LCD/plasma friendly too.
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    installing dvr to be viewed over the internet

    I've never used this particular DVR or software but as a general comment and after looking quickly after the manual I found online... 1) You can't use the 192.168.1.118 address from outside of your house as it's a local address only. From outside your house you need to enter your external IP...
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    Do I need an insteon thermostat?

    The Venstar T1700/T1800/T1900 thermostats combined with a 2441V Insteon adapter would probably be best. I'm assuming you're using standard low voltage thermostat. You do need to have power supplied to the Venstar thermostats from the HVAC system so might want to check your wiring first.
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    nigh vision camera question

    Was this camera a new purchase? Maybe you should send it back and purchase a low lux camera that doesn't use infrared LEDs in the first place. Even without the LEDs bouncing off the window you might get some reflection at night so plan B would be to drill a hole and run the cable outside...
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    More INSTEON quality control issues!

    I've been watching this thread for a considerable amount of time and I have to give SteveL props for sticking his head out and taking it on the chin over and over again, generally from the same group of people on various forums who I'm sure have their reasons for having hard feelings towards the...
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