Hi,
We are planning to re-wire our house in the UK. From what I can tell Power Over Ethernet LED lighting only seems to be taking off in in the states right now and only commercial installs.
Pumping DC rather than AC around the home is supposedly more energy efficient and won't need as many conversions.
I am also disappointed with the wireless technologies as they all have their downsides (usually cost).
So I am planning to put CAT6a cables to every fixture and light switch in the house (5 bed) alongside regular Part P high voltage cable as an insurance policy in case I decide to sell the house.
Hardware:
1. A Power over Ethernet switch capable of taking the load of LED lights throughout the house (a second one if necessary).
2. RJ45 PoE or even better RJ45 non PoE light switches.
3. A raspberry Pi/some other lower power device (perhaps a Sinology Nas)
I am looking for or thinking about setting up an open source project to do the following:
1. Using nodejs and net-snmp create a server on that listens to changes on the switch. E.g. PoE/non PoE switch change ala port activation deactivation.
2. Based on one RJ45 becoming connected (the light switch) enable a or many mapped PoE port/s which will supply power to the LED lights in that room.
3. On disconnect of the light switch, disable the same range on the server via SNMPset.
4. Make the solution resilient i.e. run on two raspberry pis in case one fails.
Does anyone know any projects/companies who might create low power/no power light switches?
The upsides...
Lower power consumption
Flexibility to support newer products not on the market yet without rewiring.
Depending on how good the pi/nas server is, fine control of the lighting circuit - it could be remote controlled via web page.
The downsides...
The switch is still connected to the socket ring so if that fails, no lights - though I could probably ask the sparky to hook up some sockets to a different ring to reduce the chance of other devices tripping it out.
I am a software developer and can do the SNMP/node/server bits but not good with electronics.
Can anyone point me in the direction of light switches/light fixtures that might be on the market in the UK over RJ45?
thanks
We are planning to re-wire our house in the UK. From what I can tell Power Over Ethernet LED lighting only seems to be taking off in in the states right now and only commercial installs.
Pumping DC rather than AC around the home is supposedly more energy efficient and won't need as many conversions.
I am also disappointed with the wireless technologies as they all have their downsides (usually cost).
So I am planning to put CAT6a cables to every fixture and light switch in the house (5 bed) alongside regular Part P high voltage cable as an insurance policy in case I decide to sell the house.
Hardware:
1. A Power over Ethernet switch capable of taking the load of LED lights throughout the house (a second one if necessary).
2. RJ45 PoE or even better RJ45 non PoE light switches.
3. A raspberry Pi/some other lower power device (perhaps a Sinology Nas)
I am looking for or thinking about setting up an open source project to do the following:
1. Using nodejs and net-snmp create a server on that listens to changes on the switch. E.g. PoE/non PoE switch change ala port activation deactivation.
2. Based on one RJ45 becoming connected (the light switch) enable a or many mapped PoE port/s which will supply power to the LED lights in that room.
3. On disconnect of the light switch, disable the same range on the server via SNMPset.
4. Make the solution resilient i.e. run on two raspberry pis in case one fails.
Does anyone know any projects/companies who might create low power/no power light switches?
The upsides...
Lower power consumption
Flexibility to support newer products not on the market yet without rewiring.
Depending on how good the pi/nas server is, fine control of the lighting circuit - it could be remote controlled via web page.
The downsides...
The switch is still connected to the socket ring so if that fails, no lights - though I could probably ask the sparky to hook up some sockets to a different ring to reduce the chance of other devices tripping it out.
I am a software developer and can do the SNMP/node/server bits but not good with electronics.
Can anyone point me in the direction of light switches/light fixtures that might be on the market in the UK over RJ45?
thanks
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