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Home Automation DIY - Preparation III
Mon 20 Oct 2008 - 09:15
Home Automation DIY - Preparation III
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Pierre_Merlin]Pierre Merlin
Warning: Remember that electricity is very dangerous and will kill you in a heartbeat. Electricity can also start fires very easily, and fires can also kill you. The best way to get your home wired is by a certified professional who knows your local codes.
Security
Home automation security can include everything from burglary to fire and flooding detection. For this project we will focus on the two first. As we selected the HAI Omni IIe Pro, we can have 16 security zones, up to 16 keypads, 4 2-wires smoke loops, 176 4-wires smoke detectors and 2 64-zones wireless detectors. Plenty of room to secure any house.
We will place smoke detectors in each room but the kitchen (verify your local code just in case),a CO2 detector next to the furnace and next to each fireplace, a wireless glass-break detector for each window, a wireless recessed door detector for each outside door, a wireless garage door detector for each door, one 4-button Keyfob for each family member and one vandalism proof keypad for each outside door.
Some detector will need to be wired unless we use the ITI GE Wireless Smoke Detectors associated with the HAI Receiver for GE.
Monitoring (play room, spa, yard...)
For this project we will use a Network Digital Video Recorder (NDVR) is a device that transmits video and audio data via network in real-time. The server converts the analog video signals and audio signals into digital data and compresses them for on-line transmission.
A NDVR records video based on motion or any other event and the recordings may be viewed on or offsite. We will include a software to allows us to view live and recorded video for up to 16 cameras at the same time. We will implement one NDVR but our system supports multiple NDVRs in one installation.
A NDVR can be installed stand-alone, with video viewed via its embedded web server but we will use it in conjunction with our HAI OmniPro IIe so cameras can be viewed on OmniTouch 5.7e, OmniTouch 8, OmniTouch Portables, over the Internet, or even a Smartphone.
For this project we will use one HAI NDVR connected to 4 wireless analog cameras - one for the play room, one for the SPA, one for the front yard and one for the backyard, these two last one will work with motion detector and 3 axis control. We will add a 250Gb USB external hard drive to increase the NDVR storage capacity. Two OmniTouch 8 will complete our selection as well as a Web/TV inferface.
We can later add a second NDVR to increase the camera count to 8.
Sprinkler system
To automate our project home automation sprinkler system we replace the existing system with a Rain8net which can drive up to 2040 irrigation zones or valves.
We will use the Pro version as all valve wires and connections are protected against lighting surges as well as the RS232 and network connections are protected against ESD and lighting - more expensive than the standard one but much more protected.
We will add a weather station to monitor the local weather to avoid watering during windy days or when the weekly total of rain is over 1" for example.
Audio distribution
For this home automation project, we will do grand and us the NuVo Grand Concerto line of products.
With six audio source inputs for multi-source capability including iPod and PCs, and up to eight listening zones (expandable to sixteen zones) the Grand Concerto will offer everything we need.
We can add several NuVo OLED to control the music or use the HAI color LCD panels.
As a source we will add a Sirius tuner, a NuVO Music server and several NuVo music ports.
We can choose any type of speakers within the Grand Concerto range.
Wiring will be toughest part as speakers will need to get connected to the NuVo system.
Home theater
To build our home theater we will base it on a fix HDTV projection screen about 150" diagonal a network based HDTV projector and a NuVo based sound system.
It will be pricey but the video and audio quality will be the same as a real theater.
Using network based video equipment with allow to watch web based news and movies, to switch to security cameras without leaving the theater and why not do some work while watching a game.
Spa and swimming pool management
Spas and swimming pools management is quite easy but you'll need to have it prepared and wired by a certified professional.
We will use remote wired thermostat sensors to measure the temperature, why not chemical sensor to provide dry contact as soon as the chemical level goes below a predefined point - this can set an alarm off or run a macro on the OmniPro to power on a delivery method.
Using the OmniPro input and output contact, it's very easy to prepare macro to run pumps, heating units and alarms.
This has to be done by a certified professional to make sure the installation is safe. Remember water + electricity = big problem.
Pierre Merlin owner of High Tech and More, LLC - We provide great deals on [http://www.myhightechstore.com/Home-Automation/]Home Automation including [http://www.myhightechstore.com/Home-Automation/Security/]Home Security
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