All,
I am looking for a recommendation of a direction to look. In my new house, I am looking to build up home automation over a period of time, gradually. I am looking for suggestions of which technologies will best meet my needs and if there are any 'starter' kits out there to get me going.
I currently have a beefy home server, which acts as my media streamer(music and video)/email exchange/web portal.
My wants list (which will be developed and built up over time) is as follows:
1) Want a central PC controll with a device in wall
2) Want to be able to automate the house temperature
3) Want to be able to automate lights, based on a program of time
4) Want a system that I can extend myself through application development (I can code with the best of them, so dont want a closed black box system)
5) Want to control home applicances as technology improves (i.e, switch cookers on, etc)
6) Want to be able to access the controls over the internet (again, if their is some form of API, I can write a web portal myself)
7) Want to plug it into an alarm system
thats about it for now.
Or am I shooting for the moon?
I am looking for a recommendation of a direction to look. In my new house, I am looking to build up home automation over a period of time, gradually. I am looking for suggestions of which technologies will best meet my needs and if there are any 'starter' kits out there to get me going.
I currently have a beefy home server, which acts as my media streamer(music and video)/email exchange/web portal.
My wants list (which will be developed and built up over time) is as follows:
1) Want a central PC controll with a device in wall
2) Want to be able to automate the house temperature
3) Want to be able to automate lights, based on a program of time
4) Want a system that I can extend myself through application development (I can code with the best of them, so dont want a closed black box system)
5) Want to control home applicances as technology improves (i.e, switch cookers on, etc)
6) Want to be able to access the controls over the internet (again, if their is some form of API, I can write a web portal myself)
7) Want to plug it into an alarm system
thats about it for now.
Or am I shooting for the moon?
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