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I am looking to control a set up vertical slat drapes with either a Zigbee, Z-Wave or WiFi device. I could probably build one but I want to see what is out there before I attempt that. There are 2 sets of controls. One turns the slat (180 degree motion) and the other for left to right control of...

I recently was force to juggle my phone/TV/Inet and ended up paying less and got more. But the internet is now 1.25G/35M. My little Ubiquiti ER-Lite isn't up to the task. I do not want FW/Router with WiFi. I am thinking of going with some thing like a 1U computer with a PCI board. The 2.5/5/10G...

I don't know how many folks are in the Trenton NJ area (actually Ewing Twp. NJ). I'll be there at the Vintage Computer Federation (VCF) table. If anyone is going drop by and say hello.  

I need to add white LED lighting for under kitchen cabinets. I'd like to be able to dim and brighten the LEDs automatically (probably using Pete's recommendation of a sonoff and a PIR sesor). I have the automation but I'd need a Wifi controller I can update to some software such as ESPurna or...

I'm looking for 2 different small servers that will handle specific network servers (DHCP, DNS, syslog, etc). I want a low power server with SATA (need to handle the syslog for lots of other devices). And I'd like a another server (like a Pi) that has emmc and a somewhat more robust power...

I just picked up a couple of Blackbean (Broadlink RM3) WiFi IR controllers. I've kind of figured out how to get the devices to listen for IR but the code returned is close but not exact and I didn't expect it would be. But since it's relatively close that would suggest it can decoded into a more...

The time that Tony Fadell sold me a container of hummus. by Arlo Gilbert I thought the royal fluster cluck with SmartThings (fix in progress) and the shutdown of Resolv would make for an interesting discussion. I'm not against using the cloud or commercial software (closed source) but I have...

I just lost the information and I can't seem to find it now (this site). I'm investigating using a backup cell device that would be Ethernet attached. I want my main existing router to do the routing. I know some of you already have something setup. Care to share?   Thanks

I need to put humidity and temperature sensors in a few areas of my and I'm going to need wired (to a Raspberry Pi, most likely) and wireless. I don't mind building the devices but would prefer something ready made if it's reasonable. Any recommendations before I start looking at mouser and...

I have a set of Brultech ECM-1240's that I need to install in a crawl space. I intend to have room for an AC outlet, the 2 ECM-1240's and a Raspberry Pi. While not directly affected to the elements they will be in a crawl space (humidity). Does anyone have recommendations for a sealed plastic...

Do you have links to the Ethernet boards? I also have quite the collection of uC boards/chips. I've got a bunch of PIC32 boards I'm hoping to get busy with soon (but summer is for outside so that may slow things down a bit ;) ). I'm not sure I love the Arduino but there is no arguing that for...

Yesterday was an interesting day in my home. I have an 18 year old Kohler pressurized toilet that exploded (took out the side of the pressure tank and blew out the entire side of the tank. We caught it quickly, turned off the water and cleaned up the water before anything got damaged. <_< I...

I went and did something rash (won't be the last time) and picked up an RCS TZB20 (ZigBee) Thermostat. Afterward when I went searching for info I found zilch. Even RCS seems to deny knowing about this (can't find it on their site). Anyone have any clues? I'll hack at it and see what I can find...

My wife wants our downstairs lights not to go on if the blinds are open. The vertical blinds must be twisted before you attempt to open or close them and they're about 12 feet long. So my solution is to a get blind/curtain/drape control system. I currently have support for X10 (but let's not)...

Marc Hult asked me to post a little bit about the AVR Raven, here's the start from a previous thread: I don't know about solving the worlds power problems ... I think we'll need to work on that still. This stuff is low powered but I'll wait and see how good that is as I think it would also...

I have a bunch of HA equipment in my home and none of it works! ;-) I've got X10, I've got Insteon, I've got a lot of other stuff. The problem I've been having (most) is Insteon and it's lack of quality. So my wife has tasked me with 'just making it work!' (not exactly those words). I've taken...

I'm doing a home automation presentation at Trenton Computer Festival in NJ on April 25-27. While I usually don't put home automation (HA) and home theater (HT) in the same boat I have to consider that a lot of other folks do. So I need to ramp up and at least not be a total dimwit ;) when it...

Hello from NJ, I wrote a book on home automation (Linux Smart Home Automation For Dummies). I'm here to learn more about home automation (a book doesn't make me an expert). I've already picked up Dan (electron)'s "Wiring your new house 101.zip" (thank you). My setup consists of X10 and Insteon...