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Home Toys
February 2003
Craig Chadwick |
X10 Debugging Tips If you use X10, you will inevitably experience some of the problems described here. Hopefully this information will help you resolve the problem as quickly and painlessly as possible.   |
Home Toys
August 2004 |
Are PLC Gremlins Causing Problems? Here's How to Send Them Packing! You don't need an extensive power line communications (PLC)/X-10 system to encounter gremlins --- those seemingly inexplicable little glitches that keep certain signals from successfully arriving at certain receivers. |
Home Toys
October 2005
Michael Breton |
Automation in the Digital Home A detailed account of the installation of a home automation system for an 8,000 square foot home. |
PC Magazine
March 2, 2004
Bill Howard |
Master of the House Home automation technology is fun and affordable. Here's how to get started. |
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 2003
Paul Belcher |
Powerline Carrier CEPCO's Powerline Carrier System offers a unique solution to powerline carrier problems using technologies that are covered by United States, British, and Canadian patents, with other patents pending. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Integrated Home Networks The focus of this article is the computer network as part of the integrated home network. |
Home Toys
February 2006
Brett Griffin |
Intermingling X-10 and New Lighting Technologies in Your Home Many X-10 users will want to intermingle few UPB or other RF capable switches at first, migrating their homes over a few years, spreading the cost out. |
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
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. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Bob Hetherington |
Omni LT Security and Home Automation System In addition to its security functions, this is a full-blown home automation controller that can make your life a lot easier and more convenient. It will control your powerline lighting and appliance components, thermostats, hard wired devices and more. |
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
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
April 2002
Bob Hetherington |
Leviton Decora Home Controls Scene-Capable Dimming Wall Switch Receivers Well, it's time to change over the house from those old ivory X10 pushbuttons to something a little more contemporary with higher quality and reliability. We decided on Leviton's newest line of wall switches. |
| This Old House |
Product Innovation: Remote-Controlled Lighting Easy, affordable ways to get whole-house lighting control without rewiring. |
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
April 2003
Jeff Morrison |
Redefining Whole-House Lighting Control Staying on the edge is important to keep up with what consumers want and expect in their homes. And today, Lightolier Controls has taken an even greater step in redefining whole-house lighting control. |
Home Toys
February 2004
Chris Smith |
Advanced X10 Outdoor Automated Lighting It took a while, but I figured a way to solve my needs to "smartly" control my outdoor lighting with X10 that I'd like to share. Basically, I found a way to get different modes of control for my unintelligent outdoor sensors based on time of day periods. |
Home Toys
April 2003
Bob Hetherington |
HomePlug Powerline Networking Devices from Linksys and Siemens HomePlug has hit the streets and I had my first run at it with some products from Linksys and Siemens (SpeedStream). I was pleasantly surprised when I set up my first powerline network, even using products from different manufacturers. |
PC Magazine
August 17, 2004
Bill Howard |
Geek-Free Home Automation One of life's ironies is that those of us who can dim the living-room lights and switch the stereo to soft jazz at the press of a single button are probably the geeks who can't get a date and take advantage of the romantic atmosphere. |
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
October 2005 |
Integration of Central Vacuums with Home Automation Servers The 5.0 version of AirForce Central Vacuums talks with all other UPB devices. From the keypad of home automation panels, simple commands can now control the central vacuum. |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2004
Troy Dreier |
Your Automated Home Control your household appliances from a PC, over the Web, or via remote. We review four starter packages. |
Home Theater
April 2003
Larry Houser |
Lighting for Dummies Simple tools to create the ideal lighting environment for your home theater |
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. |
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. |
Home Toys
April 2006 |
Programmable Logic Controller -- Hardware The PLC is a versatile product that has many hardware options to accommodate the large number of different electrical interfaces out there. The PLC is modular in design so that one can mix and match the input/output (I/O) hardware requirements to meet the needs of the project. |
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 2002
Craig Slawson |
Home Management Systems Today and Tomorrow: What to look for, what to buy? Today's fully integrated home management systems bridge legacy serial home and A/V controllers with rapidly emerging IP-based home networks and broadband world networks. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Brad Warnock |
Home Networking Options: Getting the Most From Your Home For homeowners who aren't up to the complexity of stringing cable or installing a wireless home network, or whose wireless networks aren't reaching the critical areas they need to support, the powerline concept is quickly emerging as a robust and viable alternative. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Daniel E. Fulmer |
Automating for Disabled Clients This is a very rewarding implementation of home automation and can also be lucrative. The caveat is to be sure to install a system that will be extremely reliable. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2007
Joel Johnson |
Install Powerline Network Adapters without Neighbor Interference Powerline networking uses your home's electrical wires to transmit data via low-voltage megahertz-band waveforms. Here's how to install them in your home. |
Home Toys
December 2002
Perry Somers |
IPowerline Networking Powerline Networking uses the existing electrical wiring in a building to send data, share broadband and network computers turning normal plugs and power outlets into live network jacks. |
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. |
Home Toys
December 2002
Phil Kingery |
A Better X-10 Interface: The TI103-RS232 All about the TI103 PCC interface from Advanced Control Technologies, Inc. |
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. |
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 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
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
August 2002
Elsa Chan |
Networking Your Home Today: As Easy as Using Your Hair Dryer This article covers the many advantages of having a home network, what solutions are available, which solution is best for an average household, and, thanks to recent technological breakthroughs, just how quickly and easily a network can now be established or expanded. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Rob Williams |
Phonex NeverWire 14 Powerline Network Do you have a need to connect a few computers together in a secure simple manner without running new wires? This is one of the new devices using (PLC) powerline carrier to send the data on the network in a secure manner along your power wiring. |
BusinessWeek
February 5, 2007
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Juicing Up Home Networks The wiring behind your walls could connect the video in all your rooms. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
HomePlug Gaining Ground In Europe The ability to transform an existing electrical network into one that provides data and Internet connectivity has become an extremely viable solution and has proven itself across many applications, including data, voice and entertainment networking solutions. |
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. |
