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When is the best time to have full electronic control over your house? Often it’s when you’re away. It’s easy to control your home while you’re there, but when you’re at work or on the road, it’s tough to know which electronics have been left on, sucking up electricity, when they really should be off. “Turning things off is the basic tenet of saving energy,” says Jay McClellan, president of HAI (Home Automation Inc.), a manufacturer of energy-conscious home control systems. A remote monitoring system… View this story
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Millions pay $12.95 a month for TiVo and millions more the same for satellite radio. The question is, will they pay $12.99 per month to control their homes? Schlage and Trane think so. The Schlage LiNK Home Control system starts with a Schlage door lock, which comes in many different finishes and arrangements, from brass entry locks to brushed nickel deadbolts. Each has the same basic features, a keypad for keyless entry and the ability to communicate with a Z-Wave wireless RF “mesh” network. Add… View this story
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This small but effective condo kitchen is well-appointed, but the technology is not obtrusive. And it’s got plenty of smarts—so much so that it impressed a local TV morning news anchor to do a segment on it for Fox59 Morning News in Indianapolis. Without too much space to deal with, systems designer DistinctAV provided some viewing by tucking a 19-inch LG HDTV over the crushed-glass, underlit bar table. Colorado vNet lighting controls affect eight zones in the kitchen and dining areas alone, while an RTI… View this story
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Having basic audio in the backyard that you can set up from inside and leave alone is fine for most. Being able to fully control it, and integrate other important controls back there (like security and intercom) is another ball of wax. At first, this pool area in the backyard was just going to have rock speakers around it. The homeowners could program from inside the house what music will be played on it. “That was fine, but they really wanted to be able to… View this story
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I hate remembering passwords, but soon we’ll be able to just smile and fuhgeddabout ’em. Our faces will be the keys to unlocking our future. As we step in front of doors, computer monitors or home control panels, facial recognition will trigger activities. “You want your personal settings to be remembered, and a biometric sensor allows devices to know who you are and adjust accordingly,” says Alex Carrausse, business development manager for XID Technologies, a Singapore-based developer of facial detection solutions. “Say you arrive at… View this story
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Security may not be as sexy as home theater or even lighting control, but your home automation system wouldn’t be complete without it. Neither would your peace of mind. If you have a system from Colorado vNet, your home security options have been expanded, because the company has added integration of DSC and GE offerings to go with the Honeywell Vista models already included. The new offerings feature integrated security from DSC’s PowerSeries and GE’s Concord 4 Series of products. With Colorado vNet’s Security Application… View this story
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Still using keys to unlock your home’s doors? That’s so last millennium. Step into 2009 with some new Access Control products from Home Automation Inc. (HAI) that are now shipping. The access controls integrate with HAI’s home control systems such as Omni and Lumina, if you’ve already stepped into the automation game for your abode. There’s a proximity card reader and accessories that lets up to 16 readers be connected to a serial port on the HAI controllers. You get an input for a push-to-exit… View this story
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If you want to add some security peace of mind to your home, but don’t want to add any new wires or go through a professional installer, SecurityMan may have a solution for you. The company’s new Air-Alarm is a DIY wireless home alarm system kit that doesn’t require a monthly fee and can send you phone call alerts. The Air-Alarm system is expandable to up to 60 wireless sensors and up to eight remote controllers, so you can install it in larger homes or… View this story
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InGrid boasts an easy setup with its wireless home security system. Now they can tout an easy purchase as well. The company just announced that starting today, the system will be available through Amazon. “As one of the top leaders in online retailing and consumer electronics, we are very pleased that Amazon.com will make InGrid’s Home Security products available for purchase to consumers,” said Louis Stilp, InGrid’s CEO. “This online distribution strategy not only compliments our existing sales efforts but also helps increase brand recognition… View this story
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Luxury items like control systems and home theaters usually come at a high price. However, it doesn’t have to be that way, claims professional home systems installer Greg Mizerek of Advanced Media Systems of Morristown, NJ. “When you use a combination of the right products, you can enjoy all the functionality of a high-end system but pay half as much,” he says. As proprietors of their own home-building business, these homeowners know all too well how easy it can be to blow a budget when… View this story
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Want to give your home security setup a boost? InGrid has plenty of add-ons for that Fort Knox feel. Starting in July, the company will offer siren detectors, cell phone backup capabilities, cameras, temperature sensors and flood detectors. Each of the new products is designed to work with InGrid Home Security, an all-digital, wireless home security system. The Siren Detector hooks to any existing smoke and fire detectors. Then when the smoke detectors go off, a signal is sent to the InGrid system, which in… View this story
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Worried that your visitors will see the big video camera at your front door and go running? Or maybe you cringe at obtrusive cameras cluttering up the exterior decor? The new ISK4 Camera Door Station from Russound integrates video surveillance into doorbell and intercom service, in a low-profile manner for your door. You can check who’s at the door from any connected television or dedicated monitor in your house, and on the outside you don’t have a camera that’s an eyesore, but rather one that… View this story
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