HomeVision Lives
I received my new (second) HomeVision yesterday. Craig has now received the old unit back and after running his diagnostics apparently “The power supply reset…
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Purchased A HomeVision
After contacting Custom Solutions Inc in Florida I discovered they were just finalising a “UK beta” version of their HomeVision controller. It’s a beta because…
SmartThings + Raspberry Pi & Homebridge = Siri HomeKit Controlled Smart Home
Here’s everything you need to get Siri controlling your Samsung SmartThings, Philips Hue lighting and Sonos using a Raspberry Pi running Homebridge. Automated Home reader (and media producer) Paul Gale takes…
Indigo: Home Automation on the Mac – Part 1
14 years after moving into the Automated Home we’re still using those X10 DIN rail modules in the loft. There’s still no status available and…
HomeSeer Hometroller SE-Pro Home Automation Controller Review
Long time contributor to Automated Home, Ken Watt documents his recent move from the world of HomeVision and X10 to a new Z-Wave home automation system…
Home Automation Systems and Technology Choices
The term “Home Automation” encompasses many different areas including Lighting, Heating / Aircon (HVAC), Energy Management, Security / CCTV, AV Distribution and Entertainment. There are…
Wiring Guide
UPDATE – follow our new Smart Home build here – Automated Home 2.0 Welcome to the Automated Home Wiring Guide. This guide documents the installation…
Automated Home 15th Anniversary Special #7 – Ant Skelton
2011 sees Automated Home reach the ripe old age of 15. To celebrate our quindecennium (yes, really) we’ve asked some friends of the site to…
HAI Launch Wireless Driveway Sensor
When we built the Automated Home in the late 90s we wanted to be able to detect vehicles entering and leaving our driveway. At not…
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…
Downloads
Here you can find a selection of useful downloads, from product manuals to Pronto CCF files. Apps Outlook 2 Yac 12kb 2847 Outlook 2 Yac…
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…
iPhone Smart Home
Well, it looks like Apple are set to make the UK iPhone announcement tomorrow in their Regent Street store in London. I was lucky enough…
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…
Automated Home – The First 10 Years
I’d always been interested in gadgets, and especially connecting stuff up together. While my soldering skills have always been pretty awful, I had wired my…
X10 MT12 Mini Timer – Review
Submission by Steve Edwards – Over the last few years I have built up a fairly large collection of X10 equipment, this being one of…
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…
Heating Control with an X10 AWM2 MicroModule
Submission by Steve Edwards – I recently changed my central heating boiler and took the time to set it up to be controlled by X10…
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…
Controlling Sky+ from your PC and the Internet – Review
Submission by Paul Gale – Following a post by one of the members of the UKHA_D mailing list, I recently bought a home brew product…