Hi all, first post!!!
My Situation:
I'm just buying my first house which needs totally renovating. I'm not going to be in a position to afford to do all of the HA type things that I want to do right now, but, whilst I'm rewiring, i want to make sure that as far as possible I install all the cable I need now whilst I can.
I'll be running multiple cat5e to each room, all running back to my node0, and probably a run of CT100 to each room as well.
That will cover me for the setup I have currently(media server running slimserver and GB-PVR, driving sliMP3 players and a hauppauge media MVP) and should also cover me for a few other eventualities(using cat5 for video distribution or for LV control lines).
So my question I suppose(and I know it's big and general...) what else should I try to account for to leave me in the best position in the future?
I'd eventually like to have AV/heating/lighting/security etc all centrally managed, I can't say by what system but if I went C-bus then I'd need to run the mains wiring differently to if I went X-10/Z-wave/whatever....
Any general advice and tips?Any pointers appreciated
Ta
Daz
My Situation:
I'm just buying my first house which needs totally renovating. I'm not going to be in a position to afford to do all of the HA type things that I want to do right now, but, whilst I'm rewiring, i want to make sure that as far as possible I install all the cable I need now whilst I can.
I'll be running multiple cat5e to each room, all running back to my node0, and probably a run of CT100 to each room as well.
That will cover me for the setup I have currently(media server running slimserver and GB-PVR, driving sliMP3 players and a hauppauge media MVP) and should also cover me for a few other eventualities(using cat5 for video distribution or for LV control lines).
So my question I suppose(and I know it's big and general...) what else should I try to account for to leave me in the best position in the future?
I'd eventually like to have AV/heating/lighting/security etc all centrally managed, I can't say by what system but if I went C-bus then I'd need to run the mains wiring differently to if I went X-10/Z-wave/whatever....
Any general advice and tips?Any pointers appreciated
Ta
Daz
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