Viewing IP CCTV Cameras on Your iPhone
We love viewing our IP CCTV cameras on our iPhone, but some models don’t play so nice on the Apple device. Our current favourite is…
Tutorials
Adding a Bathroom Zone to Sonos Whole House Audio
We’ve had our Sonos setup for nearly three years now and it continues to be a joy to own and use. Our original setup of…
Homebrew DMX Automated Lighting System
Submission By: Dan McGrath Intro – Why automate your lights? Well, to be honest, most of my house is automated, so it seemed the obvious…
HomeEasy Wireless Home Automation – Review
Submission By: Ant – This morning I was primed to settle down to a normal day’s work when Chaos on the UK Home Automation IRC…
Whole House Audio Touchscreen Setup on a Budget
Submission by Noel Andrews – I love the idea of Sonos but for me the price is prohibitive. Being almost entirely a Mac household I’ve…
X10 Lighting Monitoring – Probe Zone Hub Review
Submission By: Marcus Warrington Introduction Like almost all the currently available UK X10 modules, the LD11 does NOT support status response. This coupled with the…
Mapower KC-31N NAS – Review
What is a NAS? – NAS stands for Network-Attached Storage. Basically just a box with a hard drive (or multiple drives) which plugs into your…
RFXCOM – Integrating BT Home Monitor VP1000/Visonic to Homeseer
Submission by Craig – This article discusses the RFXCOM Visonic receiver available from www.rfxcom.com, and how it can easily be used to integrate a Visonic…
ADSL Bonding – How To and Review
Submission by Paul Gale – In the desire to increase my upstream speeds as much as possible I did some research into ADSL bonding or…
The KeyRack Interface Project
Submission by Mark Goodwin – Scenario, I am leaving my house, pat down pockets, glance at exposed surfaces and scream to SWMBO “Has anybody seen…
Downloadable Free Video Tutorial on CAT5 Cabling
Here’s another series of IPTV shows for you to download. The latest release from GIDUT (get it done using technology), episode 7 is entitled “How…
MediaNet – Common Server for Media Players
Submission by Andy Powell – Many moons ago Graham Howe flew many a miles to organise the shipping of the Dell (DDAR) and Rio (the original)…
DIY Heating Interface – Review
Submission by Steve Jones – I wanted to improve the control of my central heating system by utilising my home automation controller (HomeVisionPro) whilst still…
Jukebox Server
(click to enlarge) Party! The “Bits” Arrive [UPDATE – After you’ve read this, jump to our updated JukeBox MkII article] Old Timer – Since ripping…
Home CCTV Server Review
Rather than wait another few weeks to publish my Home CCTV Server review I’ve decided to make it a two part affair. Part one is…
Home CCTV Server
Home CCTV – I have had CCTV at home for 8 years now in one form or another. Over that time camera performance has increased,…
X10 LD11 Photo Tutorial
Ken Watt has updated his website and re-published his tutorial on using the advanced features of an LD11 X10 module on a table lamp… “First…
HomeVision Central Heating
The following is an account of the interfacing of my HomeVision to my central heating controller by Keith Doxey. Keith’s DIY Home Automation website can…
Home Automation Wiring Scheme
Submission by Keith Doxey The cable marking system employed uses bands of coloured insulating tape to identify the different cables. It is much quicker than…
IR – Hardwired Distribution
You run hundreds, maybe thousands of metres of cable round your home. People look at you funny, some point at you and snigger. This week…