A Linux smart home is about controlling and monitoring devices and information around your home using a standard personal computer, Linux, and its vast array of open source tools. You don’t have to be a master programmer to create one. If you like to tinker with Linux, Linux Smart Homes For Dummies will guide you through cool home automation projects that are as much fun to work on as they are to use. Home automation used to be limited to turning on lights and appliance (more…)
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…Smart Homes is more than simply accurate, it is truly useful, with an abundance of call-out tips (“The National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association…offers advice on how to shop for a security system and the names of contractors who have qualified for their ‘Installation Quality’ certificate.”); warnings (“If your modem connects to your computer with an Ethernet interface…you actually need to install two separate Ethernet Network Interface Cards in your proxy server…” (more…)
There are two types of smart home systems; time- based and parameter-based that can ber used individually or combined. A time-based smart home is where a particular service would occur at a set point during the day, for example, in the hallway the lighting may be set to become active at 6pm or relaxing music could be set to play at a time when the homeowner returns from work.
If you are interested in setting up a time controlled system, check out the x10 mini-timer, which allows you to schedule the times for up to eight lights and it also consists of a very handy all on/off switch. You will of course need to have your lights etc plugged into x10 receivers.
A parameter- based smart home system can become active at any point but requires a trigger of some kind to set it off. The temperature of a home may alter depending on outside conditions, you might even consider your household alarm a parameter-based system because it typically works via motion sensors.
Please visit http://smarthomeguru.blogspot.com for more on smart homes.
A Linux smart home is about controlling and monitoring devices and information around your home using a standard personal computer, Linux, and its vast array of open source tools. You don’t have to be a master programmer to create one. If you like to tinker with Linux, Linux Smart Homes For Dummies will guide you through cool home automation projects that are as much fun to work on as they are to use. Home automation used to be limited to turning on lights and appliances, (more…)
Review
…Smart Homes is more than simply accurate, it is truly useful, with an abundance of call-out tips (“The National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association…offers advice on how to shop for a security system and the names of contractors who have qualified for their ‘Installation Quality’ certificate.”); warnings (“If your modem connects to your computer with an Ethernet interface…you actually need to install two separate Ethernet Network Interface Cards in your proxy server…”); (more…)
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