Free Flash Based Home Automation Front End Controls Your House
Over the past few weeks our xAP forum has been a hot bed of activity as the application formerly known as ‘xAP Joggler’ has been…
Search Results for Shion
Control4 OS 2.0 – New Flash UI Overview Video
Zigbee based home automation and entertainment system Control4 has just launched its second generation software. The Flash based system brings a ‘multiple new interface design’…
My Automated Home : Richard Farthing’s Green Open Source House
In the second of our new “My Automated Home” series, Richard Farthing takes us on a tour of his Green Open Source House. On a…
Clipsal C-Bus Wiser Review
Submission By: Paul Gordon – Clipsal have recently unleashed the new CBUS Wiser unit which appears to offer a great deal of potential to home…
LED Door Lock Status Indicator Hack
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to just glance at your doors and tell if they were locked or unlocked. This Automated Home reader…
Dynalite Introduces New Ethernet Gateway
Lighting control and automation group, Dynalite, has launched the 100BT Ethernet gateway series. The 100BT series permits Ethernet connectivity between Dynalite’s peer-to-peer communications serial bus…
Control Your Home with the Apple Remote
Shion is a relatively new home automation application for the Mac. The OSX software is open source and the latest version includes support for the…
Top 10 Technologies I Can’t Live Without – 2007
It’s been a couple of years since I’ve done this, but a few days ago I decided to draw up a list of my favourite…
New Rosie Linux Home Automation System
Savant Systems are working on “Rosie” their new home control system. The modular package includes complete home automation control and media server capabilities, complete with…
Controlling Hidden Equipment with IR/RF
In this age of minimalism and clutter free living, it’s very much the fashion to have all your AV gear hidden out of sight in…
Home Automation Laws
We’ve been sent this interesting essay from Alex Chelmis. Take a few minutes to read his ideas and let us know what you think on…
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…
Idratek Smart Home Installation Blog
Idratek is still a little known brand in the Smart Home industry, but it has an impressive array of hardware modules and software features. The…
Installation Pitfalls in Cat6 Cabling
One of the common question that appears on our mailing list is regarding the use of Cat6 cable in home installations rather than Cat5e. Here’s…
New DIY magazine from O’Reilly
O’Reilly Launches MAKE Magazine for Tech Do-It-Yourselfers. Magazine and Companion Web Site (makezine.com) Reveal How to Make Practical, Fun, and Wildly Creative Projects “To be…
Digital Home Offers Tame Vision
From the BBCs Technology News pages… Go Digital presenter Tracey Logan despairs at the home of the future on show at the Ideal Home Exhibition…
Garage Door DMCA Case Dismissed
The Register is reporting that a case brought by the Chamberlain Group against a manufacturer of a replacement remote for their garage door opener has…
xAP to C-Bus Gateway Update
Submission by Kevin Hawkins – OK – another update. This is of the Rabbit development system with the following piggyback boards installed – a Rabbit…
X10 Motion Detector (MS13E) – Review
Readers of my previous articles may recall my search for a solution to the hall / landing lighting problem for which my favourite X10 module,…
Swish Autoglide (K400) – Review
So now you have got HomeVision/Comfort to turn your lights on during these dark winter evenings before you arrive home, what do you do about…