HomeEasy gets PC Control
In recent weeks the HomeEasy wireless home automation kit from Byron has attracted a lot of interest. Its low cost and extensive ranges of modules…
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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…
HomeEasy Website Goes Live with Huge Range of Smart Home Modules
We reported back in August on the new home automation range of products launching in B&Q stores. Now the website for these products has just…
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…
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…
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…
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…
OpenTRV: Better Heating and Saving the Planet
OpenTRV project leader Damon Hart-Davis started in electronics when his dad got him interested early on in life. He has dabbled in computing in finance and with…
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…
LightwaveRF Home Automation System : In-Depth Review
It’s not often that a new Home Automation system comes along that can genuinely challenge the elderly, but universally established X10 protocol. But LightwaveRF looks…
My Automated Home : Martyn Wendon’s Four Nodes
In the latest of our ‘My Automated Home’ series, Martyn Wendon shows us round the four Nodes of his smart home set-up. Covering a decade…
Z-Wave Update
Our feelings for Z-Wave are pretty clear here at Automated Home. While we love the technology and feel its a worthy 21st Century replacement for…
Home Easy Pronto RF Code Generator
Rick Hunt has released a free Windows application to produce RF codes for the Philips Pronto remote so it can control the Byron Home Easy…
AH0016 – The xPL Home Automation Protocol
This time we’re joined by Ian Lowe and Mal Lansell of the xPL Project. We discuss how the open source Home Automation Protocol came about,…
AlertMe ZigBee Smart Home Security System Review
Recently featured on Channel Five’s Gadget Show, the AlertMe is a brand new Smart Home Security system from a UK start-up. After spending a few…