I moved into a 30 year old house about 3 months ago and I'm interested in retro-fitting some HA. I'm thinking of changing a lot of electrics and I'm quite prepared to run masses of cabling.
The plan is to have a number of touchscreen control panels linked to a PC. I'd like the panels to be able to control everything from heating & light to home audio.
I am a software developer so I will write all the control software myself, but I don't know a great deal about the various protocols. I spent some time reading up on X10, but it doesn't look like a reliable and futureproof system for someone prepared to start from scratch. I've starting reading up on CBUS and it looks more promising, but can someone advise on a suitable protocol? Maybe there is a document which does a protocol comparison?
The plan is to have a number of touchscreen control panels linked to a PC. I'd like the panels to be able to control everything from heating & light to home audio.
I am a software developer so I will write all the control software myself, but I don't know a great deal about the various protocols. I spent some time reading up on X10, but it doesn't look like a reliable and futureproof system for someone prepared to start from scratch. I've starting reading up on CBUS and it looks more promising, but can someone advise on a suitable protocol? Maybe there is a document which does a protocol comparison?
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