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Home Toys
August 2005
Steven T. Hardt |
Lighting Your Home Theater The lighting design of your home theater can create depth, shape, and elegance. When combined with dimming controls, it can effect how you live within a space and bring out the true beauty of your home theater.   |
Home Toys
June 2004
Thomas Morgan |
Interfacing Lightolier Compose HAI and Lightolier is a product combination that is reliable, fast, flexible and 2-way, a tough combination to beat for an integrated whole house scene-based lighting solution. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Damon Bruccoleri |
Make a Big Scene with your Next Lighting System Modern scene lighting affects what people see in your home. Carefully planned lighting can establish mood and color, control the focus of attention, and enhance the beauty and functionality of the home. |
Home Toys
August 2004
Axe & Rosenthal |
Lighting Controls Simplified With the proper lighting control system, lighting within a room or throughout a home can be controlled automatically with a single lighting control button, a remote control, when a door is opened or even when the sun rises and sets. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Eugene Kowch |
Programmable Logic Controller Security Integrating the security system with the PLC lighting control system creates a more secure home environment, when the homeowners are away or at home. |
Home Toys
June 2003
Roger Stamm |
Lighting the way to energy efficiency and cost savings with whole-home lighting controls By their inherent design and very purpose, lighting controls are a way to not only save electricity and related costs, they're a fun, convenient and futuristic way to go about it. |
Home Toys
December 2002
Roger Stamm |
Lighting Your Way to a More Secure, More Beautiful Home The features and advantages of modern lighting control systems are truly incredible. Technological advancements have given us comprehensive and affordable home lighting controls that can do things Thomas Edison would have never dreamed were possible. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Richard Gensley |
Hi-Tech Hits the Landscaping Scene "Scenes" are the new word in lighting control. Instead of just turning on a light with a switch, home owners are now turning on scenes. In well-thought-out lighting plans, scenes don't stop at the exterior walls. They extend the lighting feel and visual effects right on out to the landscape. |
Home Toys
December 2005 |
Lights, Plasma, Action! Proper lighting control is essential to a well-designed home theater. And among the myriad choices in lighting control, it is easy to find a system within your budget. |
Home Toys
April 2005
Eugene Kowch |
Programmable Logic Controller The Grafik Eye lets you control every light in a room with a touch of a button. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Damon Bruccoleri |
Twenty First Century Dimmers All homes have several application areas for dimmer lighting. Each of these application areas has unique ergonomic and safety requirements. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Jimmy Busby |
Hardwired Lighting Control: Now Affordable and Reliable Because of the complexity and the high cost, lighting control and whole house integration has only been available to a fortunate few. By keeping devices simple and programming easy, automation can become something that everyone can use. |
Home Toys
February 2004 |
Home Technology Integration Lighting control for the custom home |
Home Toys
June 2004
Don Johnson |
To Centralize or De-Centralize your Lighting Control: That is the Question! It was common knowledge that controlling lights with computerized panels throughout an entire home is a luxury that only the wealthy can afford -- until now! |
Home Toys
August 2004
Eugene Kowch |
Programmable Logic Controller Functions The programmable logic controller functions (PLC) installed in a home and programmed with these functions, gives the homeowner added control and flexibility over conventional electrical switching installations. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Eugene Kowch |
Programmable Logic Controller The PLC allows the homeowner to control not only the lighting and drapery systems, but also the audio volume levels in every room from one single keypad. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Eugene Kowch |
Programmable Logic Controller: Drapery Not only can the homeowner control the blinds from keypads on the wall, but can have them open or close depending on the amount of sunlight coming into the room. |
Home Toys
December 2004
Bill Hambley |
How Do You Sell Lighting Control??? You've got to get your clients to experience lighting control first hand. |
Home Toys
June 2004 |
UPB Powerline Carrier Home Control Technology Web Mountain Technologies (WMT) is one of a new breed of manufacturers in the Home Technology market that is building products based upon TCP/IP networking. |
This Old House
May 1999
Leslie Plummer Clagett |
Fan Fair How to choose and install the right ceiling fan. |
Home Toys
June 2006
Eugene Kowch |
Programmable Logic Controller By integrating the remote with the programmable logic controller, you can control the lights and curtains in the same room as the audio/video equipment. |
Home Theater
April 2003
Larry Houser |
Lighting for Dummies Simple tools to create the ideal lighting environment for your home theater |
BusinessWeek
November 19, 2009
Kerry Capell |
A Brighter Idea from Philips Expecting LED prices to fall, the Dutch giant is teaming with partners to customize next-gen lighting systems. |
This Old House
Karen Ziga |
LED Light bulbs Get More High-Tech If you haven't made the switch from incandescents to LEDs, here's three reasons to do it now |
This Old House
Melissa & Brian Zagorites |
Lighten Up The right lighting can make your home a more welcoming, comfortable place. |
Home Toys
December 2002
Cory Tellbuescher |
Holster that Drill, Cowboy SecureView PLC Video Products make retrofit easy. A new line of Power Line Carrier video products gives video-security pros a new set of options in the retrofit wars. SecureView delivers live, full-motion video via the AC wiring. |
Home Toys
December 2002
Eugene Kowch |
Programmable Logic Controller Communicates RS-232 Programmable Logic Controllers have communication ports that can be configured to talk all kinds of protocols, controlling a number of systems: security, heating, lighting, drapery, audio, video, etc. |
This Old House
March 7, 2001
Scott Gibson |
Light Up Your Kitchen Two easy ways to shed light on the hub of your home... |
| This Old House |
Product Innovation: Remote-Controlled Lighting Easy, affordable ways to get whole-house lighting control without rewiring. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Home Technology Integration The objective of this article is to provide you with a primer regarding the issues that must be considered when contemplating the installation of a Home Automation System. |
National Defense
August 2014
Andy Wakefield |
How to Achieve Success With Electrical Microgrids Microgrids represent a move toward greater energy safety, security and independence for the military, and ultimately, for everyone served by the increasingly stressed power grid. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Eugene Kowch |
Programmable Logic Controller Application The programmable logic controller (PLC) allows for the integration of three basic electrical systems: lighting, drapery and audio. It also allows for all of the systems to be controlled from one common wall station, thus eliminating the conventional switch wall clutter. |
Home Toys
December 2003
Eugene Kowch |
Programmable Logic Controller Data Types With any PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) system, you generally have many different types of data to process. Here's a primer. |
This Old House
Susan Arnold |
A Lesson in Bathroom Lighting A designer explains the basics: as the bathroom increasingly becomes a place to relax and recharge, complete with steam shower and spa tub, the lighting requires extra thought. And when it's done right, the payoff is great. |
This Old House
Sean O'Connor |
A Well Lighted Place Lighting designer Sean O'Connor shared his unusual lighting solutions for the San Francisco House. |
National Defense
October 2014
Christina Munnell |
Energy Efficient Lighting Could Help Military Save Money Lutron Electronics' lighting technologies could help the military lower energy costs, company executives said. |
This Old House
Roseann Henry |
Can You See Me Now? We asked for a lesson in how to light a home for aging parents -- and we got a wakeup call about our own eyesight. For anyone over fifty, the most important thing in lighting design is safety. |
CFO
March 17, 2003 |
Let There Be LEDs They're not just for stereo systems anymore. |
Home Theater
October 9, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
Control Yourself on the Cheap Remote Technologies, Inc is introducing three new keypads that will help the company's name appear in a broader range of homes with multi-room entertainment systems. |
This Old House
Roseann Henry |
Dim All the Lights --- Quietly A dimmer switch can create a tranquil mood, but not if it makes an annoying buzz. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Eugene Kowch |
Programmable Logic Controller - Installation There are many things to consider when installing a programmable logic controller (PLC). Here's a guide. |
Entrepreneur
April 2007
Amanda C. Kooser |
In the Spotlight Up-and-coming energy-efficient lighting will save your business some bucks -- and it's better for the environment, too. |
Chemistry World
April 2010 |
LEDs to light up the world White light emitting diodes are set for a bright future in the household and commercial lighting markets. |
Home Toys
February 2003
David Teel |
The Music Bone is Connected to the... Before purchasing your whole-house music system, be sure to understand the exact functionality of your system. Decide if music is the only sub-system in your house, or if you might want to integrate other sub-systems in the future (lighting, security, HVAC, video, etc.). |
Home Toys
June 2005
Asaf Avidan |
"No New Wires" In-Building Internet Distribution Using Power Line Communication Yitran's PITEL mini-Access System is a low-cost robust networking solution designed for deployment in challenging environments. The system is ideal where traditional connectivity using hard-wired or wireless technology doesn't exist or is not economically or technically feasible. |
AskMen.com
Karin Eldor |
The Best Lamps For Your Pad Combine stylish lamps with practical lighting arrangements, and you'll discover a whole other meaning to "and then there was light." |
| This Old House |
3 Reasons to Get Remote Lighting Control The advantages of remote control lighting are convenience and deterring burglars. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2011
Arunava De |
How to Make Money During the LED Revolution With a ban on incandescent lighting on its way, LEDs might show the way to the future. |
This Old House
Mark Loeffler |
A Green, Well-Lighted Place How to choose energy-saving lighting for an environment-friendly house. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jan/Feb 2002
Michele Lerner |
A Bright Idea Energy-efficient lighting is not only good for the environment, but good for the bottom line as well... |
