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Looks really nice, would love to know more!!

Hey toscal, are these good to replace a standard front door tripple dead lock ? Are they ok for outdoor use ?

Comfort and velbus :-). Although I think your solution in an apartment probably needs wireless retrofit , so you could go fir comfort with zwave etc.

Hi toscal,

Feeling you might regret the open invite, but I have some queries you might be able to advise on. I have in the living room 7x gu10 220v lights, it's the highest load lighting circuit...

Lads there is a free ipcam dvr solution available too, can't remember the name of it but it's Linux based, Blue something or other. Played with it a while back very nice but I've only got one webcam...

Yep, the app simply points to the ip address of the ipcam! The two systems are seperate and independent.

:-) From experience, I can tell you it works much better with a combination of sensors to add a bit of logic to whether a room is occupied or not. I had a few years of people complaining about being...

, scenario 1, pir only in bathroom

1)walk in to bathroom, pir detects motion, turns light on and a timer starts which will turn light off after 3 mins if no motion detected.
2) You are........

I am sure it can be done. Prior to me using velbus, I was using X10 in pretty much the exact same way, just an x10 controled relay rather than a velbus controlled relay. As long as you can wire a...

This is where the dualtec sensors will work well for you. I had same problem in our living room, except it was the fire/stove that was setting it off. I swapped it for a dualtec sensor and nevet had...

Hi Willem,

My heating contol is done using velbus relays. I have a three zone heating system (oil fired). Control is siimple, as its a relay for each zone, all going through a vmb4ry module. If...

Hi, i used minigrid swithces, recommended on another thread.
They are click mini grid, I got them from alert electrical, see below for more info links etc.

Regards
Eamon

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Comfort may be more expensive but when you consider what you are getting it is still good value. Remember that with comfort, you are purchasing an alarm system and a home controller. What will the...

Oops, I hope my last post didn't appear as a criticism of others, I was referring to my own bias, not others, I tend to get over enthusiastic about things sometimes - :)

Hi willem,

The VMB4RY has 4 onboard inputs which you can use for manual control. They do not dim, they are relay modules only. For dimming you can get one of the single channel dimmmer units....

On the centralised sytem, a similar comparison perhaps to a similar scenario I had a few years aog ith a home audio system might be worht considering. I initially installed a multiroom audio system...

Hi labart,
They are click mini grid, I got them from alert electrical, see below for more info links etc.

Regards
Eamon

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Yeah the newer kp06 would be lovely but ready had the keypad installed about 2 years ago. It's on the wishlist

I was keen to get brushed stainless steel momentary switches to replace my clipsal ones, those ones look great, I like the different sized panels on them, are they modular ?

I ended up going for...

Just on the rewiring or running sensor cable, if your doing any redecorating at all its actually not a huge job to chase out a small channel and fill it in again. I did do it with one door last year...

Hi, I was fortuneate enough, I have a bungalow, so was relatively easy to rewire.I did structure the cabling though, using krone blocks to reduce the number of runs etc. I did a bit of a write up on...

Hi,

I am using standard PIR and door sensors (concealed door sensors) in most rooms. In the living room I have a dualtec PIR to stop false alarms when the fire/stove is lighting. I also have a...

Hi Peter,

Lovely looking system, like the switches...a lot. Are they standard momentary using twisted pair to idratek inputs ? That would certainly give more flexibility and choice for an install!

I'll speak from the perspective of comfort again, and not being an idratek user, I am sure others can comment better on idratek.
You need to look at comfort as both an alarm system, and a HA...

I would be carefull about that statement too. With any automation setup, one of the most important pieces is giving the system the ability to sense as much as possible, so I would not look at comfort...