My Automated Home: Domoticz Powered Open Source Smart Home
Our latest “My Automated Home” story comes from Ian Gardner and his Domoticz powered smart home. My home automation journey started around 12 years ago with a…
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Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2015
The end of another year as we close in on an important Automated Home milestone, but more on that soon. Z-Wave really took off in…
Watch This: Mat Smith’s DIY Arduino Home Automation Control Panel
Back in January we checked in with Mat Smith on the progress of his home brew control panel. Now after a year in development Mat has his first…
My Automated Home: One Woman’s Journey into the Smart Home World
Sometimes the tech world can seem like a private mens club. Thankfully that’s changing with each year that passes and our latest ‘My Automated Home’ feature…
Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2014
2014 really was the year you went bonkers for heating controls. There are no less than 7 posts in our top 20 based on these technologies and our Heating Forums have…
Review: The eedomus Z-Wave Home Automation Controller
Bon soirs mes petits topinambours! Bienvenue to the Automated Home review of the latest home automation offering from France, the eedomus Z-Wave Controller. These things…
Automated Home eBay Collections – Tech Ideas for your Smart Home
There is such a thing as too much of a good thing and with all the amazing choice on eBay it can sometimes be hard…
Indigo: Home Automation on the Mac – Part 2 – RFXCOM & The Wireless Door Bell
As we mention in Part 1 of our review, the action of simply plugging in an RFXCOM RFXtrx433 to a USB port on your Indigo Mac…
Roomie Remote: Your iPhone & iPad Smart Home Controller
We’ve been trying out the Roomie Remote app for a while now, comparing it to our dedicated home cinema remote control. Roomie goes way beyond…
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…
Perceptive Automation Announce Indigo 6 Mac Home Automation Software
Today Perceptive Automation has moved their Indigo software from beta to official v6.0 release. We’ve been looking over the Mac OS X home automation application…
Vesternet Publish Home Automation Videos, Guides and Tutorials
The guys at Vesternet have been working hard to build a comprehensive range of online resources, including user guides, tutorials and videos to enable users to…
HomeAutom8 and iAutom8 Home Automation System
HomeAutom8 and iAutom8 from Tristan Phillips are a cloud service and mobile app combo home automation system. The software works with RFXCom transmitters and smart home…
Zipato Zipabox is Expandable Wireless Home Automation Controller
Zipato is an all in one home automation solution from Croatia. Out of the box it supports Z-Wave, however it’s not tied to a single smart…
Domoticz is New Free Open Source Home Automation Software
When we added our Home Automation Technology Choices page a few weeks ago we got emails asking us to consider some other systems. Amongst them…
Android Apps for Cytech Comfort Security and Home Automation System
Cytech has launched 2 Android Apps for the Comfort integrated Security and Home Automation System. These are separate versions optimised for Android Phones and for…
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…
Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2012
Our annual look back at the top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year for 2012 reveals even more interest in energy saving technologies with heating…
Video : Transform Your Home into a Smart Home with Lightwave
Here’s a new video from LightwaveRF that gives a nice overview of their growing range of home automation products – including their new wireless radiator…
Fibaro Z-Wave Home Center 2 Mega Review
The fine folks at Fibaro and Vesternet were kind enough to lend us a sizeable home automation system based around Fibaro’s premium Home Center 2…