New Lutron

Lets Automate have become the exclusive on-line retailers in the UK for the new “Telume” Light Switches from Lutron. Replaces standard light switch – No…


Patent Filed For Home Delivery Dock

“Laing Homes (Housebuilder of the Year), the UK housebuilder that grabbed worldwide media attention as developer of the first Internet Home in Europe, has recently…


Marantz RC5000i Release

News of the new improved version of the Marantz RC5000 (the RC5000i) has been published on Remote Central. “(the memory) Upgraded to 2 megabytes over…


3rd UK Home Automation Meeting

The third Official UKHA Meeting took place on Tuesday 11th July 2000 at 7pm at the Churchill Arms in Notting Hill Gate. Attendance was extremely…


Loads-a-Stuff

Oooops! It appears to have been a YEAR since I have updated this page. There’s so much that’s been done (and even more to do!)…


Automated Home FOR SALE In London!

  "House for the future – A unique, SMART four bedroom chalet bungalow with all the latest technology. This property has the advantage of the…


More Taboo

Keith Doxey, leading light in the UK Home Automation scene, has just created his own Taboo Channel Guide using active server pages. Already on version…


Taboo Channels

No…not a word for films on channel 4 , but a word that describes TV channels that become unusable due to interference from existing ones……


Comfort Alarm Control Via the Web

I have recently had a live demonstration of the up-and-coming Comfort Web InterfACE and it is very impressive… CHC Comfort Home Controls (Comfort ) have…


Automated Home Forums

  We've have just set up a new "Automated Home UK" message forum for this website.   The discussion mailing list has a good following…


New Server

This site has now moved to a new server… Hopefully this will cure the ongoing problems I was having with my email. A special thanks…


New Site!

Welcome to the re-launched “Automated Home UK” website. Re-branded with an all-new look and feel, the site is now fully interactive. Visitors, manufacturers and suppliers…


Now You See It

The new Merlin Remote… LetsAutomate.com ( Lets Automate ) have just informed me that the new ( Merlin remote ) is giving some major problems…


NewTouch-Screen Remote

  Another LCD universal remote hits these shores. While the "Merlin" is clearly no Pronto it is less than half its price at an amazingly…


HomeSeer

I have now registered HomeSeer.  I highly recommend this software to all CM12U users.  It will turn your inexpensive computer interface into a very powerful…


New Wireless Reviews

OK….I have finished the reviews of the trio of new 433Mhz wireless modules. Go to the reviews section to view the full reports.


New House Wiring

I have finished the wiring of my new house! My good mate Keith Doxey came to stay with me for the week and managed the…


Nokia Communicator (9000i) – Review

After initially appearing in the summer of 1996 the (then) Nokia 9000 was priced at around £1,200.00 Thankfully things have moved on and so now…


Dedicated Home Automation PC

I’ve just built myself a new Pentium2 machine so my “old” Pentium 233MMX can now be dedicated to Home Automation. With 64mb of RAM this…


Self Build

15 April 1998 After taking TEN YEARS to get planning permission we finally “cut the first sod” on St Patrick’s Day (17th March 1998). No…we…