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I have a couple Centralite Jetstream switches and the first generation had a terrible design for the buttons/bezels.  I understand that they have been reengineered and the new design works better.  I just had a failure of one of my old design types.  I've emailed Centralite, but have not gotten...

I just got notice that ELK has come out with a new true two way wireless system - the ELK-M1XRFTW.  Seems pretty interesting.     http://www.elkproducts.com/two-way-wireless-technology

While this will be most helpful to CQC users, the topic of our next CQC webinar is likely to interest many in the CT community.  There have been lots of interest and videos on Youtube showing people controlling their house through the use of some Android apps and their home automation system...

A new forum feature I guess?  Obviously it is designed to help stop spam, but it's a little annoying.  It would be nicer if the captcha was embedded in the posting area so that you could enter the words before hitting the "Post" button and not be taken to another page.   EDIT - that's odd.  I...

I've talked about setting up an asterisk phone system for years and have finally begun setting up a system in my home. I plan on writing a "How To" at some point because I'm a total newbee when it comes to stuff like this and I rely on "How To" articles that are written in simple terms and...

I thought it would be neat to create an automation circle on google+. Who's on? I looked for a cocoontech profile, but didn't find one. I can be found here. Thanks, Brian

Our Church is is installing a commercial fire system and security system. We have gotten several quotes and some include the monitoring service and some are for the installation only. I'd like to get some feedback on commercial fire system monitoring options. I know both NextAlarm and...

I've been a member of the Homeseer message board since 2005 when I was researching home automation systems. I ended up going with CQC and didn't use the HS site for a long time. Recently I started trying to contribute on that site. Today there was a thread started by a person trying to...

Just saw this on the net. Pretty cool stuff and it could open up an entirely new way of doing 3-D stuff. Here is the basics from Johnny Chug Lee who created it. Interestingly, this video was posted over two years ago. But I guess it takes someone showing what can be done before it takes off...

I went from running the heat to running the air conditioning in less than a week. What happened to Spring? PS - this is a graph created by a small program that reads a database that is populated with indoor and outdoor temps as well as HVAC status via CQC. I'm running a TR-40 thermostat and...

Here is a little background on my situation. I am building out my parents A/V system currently. I'm using CQC to control most devices, but want to use plain IR remotes as the interface at all TV locations. There are 7 definite TV locations and perhaps 2 more TV locations will be added at some...

I learned that my in-laws vacation home was broken into sometime over the last week or so. To gain entry, then simply pushed against the lower window frame. They have replacement windows - the double hung, double pane, tilt to clean style windows. I haven't seen the windows since the break...

I am using Logitech remotes at my house and decided to use them at my parents house as my remote of choice to control my CQC system. I already have 2-3 remotes and will be adding another 6-7 very quickly. Using the Logitech consumer web site is a real pain in the ass because I have to create a...

I bought a 4ydm used from someone on the CQC site a long while back. I bought it with the intention of installing it at my parents house. It's never worked right, but I had problems getting my 1YDM unit tweaked so it would work, so it hasn't really concerned me that much. Well I finally...

I just got this email from LeGrand. I think it speaks for itself. That sucks IMHO. Not totally unexpected since they hasn't been any development in the ALC line in quite a while, but it still sucks. Maybe there will be some good deals on hardware soon. I guess we'll see what Genesis 13...

I guess the forum software missed daylight savings time because it is 1 hour ahead of the new time. I suppose there are some areas that don't subscribe to daylight savings time, but I've never noticed it before. Just an FYI.

I subscribed to Satellite shortly before Discovery stopped showing this show a year or so ago and I only caught a couple of episodes. Well it is back on now and I've been recording them. There are not any new episodes, but it you haven't checked out the series before, you might want to start...

I've never used actuators before, so I am looking for some basic information and help selecting one. I want to put one in our grandfather clock to turn the chimes on and off. There is a lever accessible on the face of the clock which actually moves a bar behind the face of the clock up and...

While switching OS on my newest computer, somehow I lost all the digital pictures for this year. I manually copied over all the pictures, music, documents, etc, to another HD before the installation of the new OS, but for some reason this year's picture folders are there, but with no pictures...

I spent a lot of time researching whole house A/V distribution systems that have RS-232 control capability and decided that I would write down a list of the most popular models and give their features/specs. I haven't found this type of thing anywhere else or it wasn't up to date, so I started...