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Adding IP control to your garage doors is a great little home automation project for a wet weekend and it…
As we mention in Part 1 of our review, the action of simply plugging in an RFXCOM RFXtrx433 to a USB…
14 years after moving into the Automated Home we're still using those X10 DIN rail modules in the loft. There's…
Welcome to the Automated Home Wiring Guide. This guide documents the installation of the various wiring systems around our new…
If you weren't following the horror story of Wired journalist Mat Honan's personal hacking over the weekend, then do yourself…
We recently discovered another GSM controlled switch for remote control of your central heating. This is one of the most…
It's hard to believe, but its four and a half years since we built our first proper rackmount media server…
The iPhone and iPod Touch continue to prove themselves the platform of choice for Home Automation developers. Now high-end Smart…
We’ve had our Sonos setup for nearly three years now and it continues to be a joy to own and…
(click to enlarge) Party! The "Bits" Arrive [UPDATE - After you've read this, jump to our updated JukeBox MkII article]…
Home CCTV - I have had CCTV at home for 8 years now in one form or another. Over that…
The following is an account of the interfacing of my HomeVision to my central heating controller by Keith Doxey. Keith's…
You run hundreds, maybe thousands of metres of cable round your home. People look at you funny, some point at…
James Hoye has just left after a hectic week of HA projects. In the first of several updates to this diary…
I've finished (eventually) the pics and write-up of Keith Doxey's interface between my central heating and HomeVision... [googlead]"The switch mounted…
I've just added a few pictures of the Krone Blocks James Hoye and I used to terminate the remainder of…