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I can answer that question. First, note that the press release says "wireless" home control market. A little detail that's easy to miss. Considering that, I'd say the numbers are: UPB: 0% X-10: 0% Z-Wave: 60% :) edit: Personally, I wouldn't consider Insteon in the wireless home control...

Hey, a fellow asterisk enthusiast! Last time I mentioned it here all I got were confused stares :unsure: You can do paging/intercom with Asterisk. With asterisk 1.2.7.1 or later, there is a Page() command. See this: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?pa...terisk+cmd+page Cisco phones...

It's a commercialization of a DoD technology: the VAB (Variable Action Button) panel. Pretty cool. I wonder how much it costs. I'll bet it's expensive.

Are you kidding? There are TONS of misterhouse-users (including myself). Not many hang out here, but the MH-users mailing list has pretty high traffic (of the good kind) and is full of HA expertise. I highly recommend joining it.

Logitech buys Slim Devices! Read the engadget blurb So there's yet another reason. Let me add a few more to the list: - Audiophile-quality DACs - Pandora integration (if you haven't tried Pandora, you should! It's great!) - Open source server written in Perl that can integrate with HA -...

I can't believe you said Monster Cable and "should cost less overall" in the same post! Oh, and a slight correction: they are best known for their marketing. ;)

Wouldn't opto-isolators work as well?

I wasn't aware, because I've been using google to search forums anyway, e.g. "touchscreen site:cocoontech.com" Good to know, though.

Xpendable, thanks for the writeup. What did you use to send Insteon commands? UpstateMike, you never really left :)

Very cool! Can you tell me a little more about your custom software?

Zon is one of the most flexible systems out there. There is a built-in RS-232 port, PC configuration software, an optional Ethernet LAN interface. There's also IR input, output, learning, and a built-in library--it can control and be controlled via IR. More features of their "smart hub" (they...

The knob control has high WAF.... that's the reason I wired for amplified speakers... I set my sights on the Zon system: But HAI is certainly a lot cheaper... EDIT: Not that much! I just saw this: http://www.electronichouse.com/poty/14692.html Now I'm excited again!!! (sorry to hijack this...

Doggone it! I just wired my house for amplified keypads! :rolleyes: Rupp, the article says $1000, which I assume is the 4-source 4-zone kit. upstatemike, does this answer your question? Feature-wise, it's about the same as NuVo Simplese. Looks like price will be similar too.

Correction: Zon has absolutely nothing to do with A-BUS; the only thing in common is how you need to wire for it (Cat-5 from hub to amplified controls, then speaker wire to speakers). Zon has far more features than A-Bus and in fact has several cool unique features. For example, like the other...

That's quite a bit cheaper than this plane. :)

Wouldn't it be great if you could not only configure a switch to be either last level or preset level, but also change the preset level remotely (and ramp rate too, while we're dreaming)? That way you could set it up so that if you turn on the bathroom light in the middle of the night, it goes...

If all you want is the quad video, then you can save some money by splitting before you send. Then you'd only need one pair of baluns instead of 4 pairs.

There was "talk" but that's about it. I talked to Web Mountain (one of the UPB manufacturers), specifically requesting a feature like this, and they passed the word on to PCS... the response they got is that that PCS hasn't heard any customer demand for such a feature. I think we should all...

This probably answers your question, but I'm sure it's not what you wanted to hear: http://www.channelplus.com/pdf/an/Digital.pdf But at least it has a few good workarounds.

It depends... are you going to support the installation? A friend of mine (a few years back) switched from SwitchLinc to PCS switches. PCS switches were more expensive, but he got far fewer "callbacks" and he ended up being more profitable. I can provide additional anecdotal evidence, because I...