Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation 1 May 02, 2013 1:14 am Re: The next generation of technology ... What is it? 2May 03, 2013 1:43 pm Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: The next generation of technology ... What is it? 4May 04, 2013 7:33 pm Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is. MY BUILD THREAD https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65479&p=1035832#p1035832 Re: The next generation of technology ... What is it? 5May 04, 2013 7:40 pm Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: The next generation of technology ... What is it? 7May 04, 2013 8:52 pm Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is. MY BUILD THREAD https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65479&p=1035832#p1035832 Re: The next generation of technology ... What is it? 10May 04, 2013 10:11 pm Land settled May '14. Building the PD Hoffman39: 5/11=site start, 13/11=slab pour, 26/11=frame complete, 10/12=roof on, 12/12=bricking started. Blog: http://jyndeira.net/blog/ Re: The next generation of technology ... What is it? 13May 04, 2013 11:27 pm Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is. MY BUILD THREAD https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65479&p=1035832#p1035832 Re: The next generation of technology ... What is it? 14May 04, 2013 11:32 pm Building with Jandson Homes - Eclipse 18. http://adgnetworks.blogspot.com/ Re: The next generation of technology ... What is it? 15May 05, 2013 8:03 am C-bus does other things.. just most people can't afford them.. there is also Control 4 ... unless you have a lot of money and are lazy, talking to a Sparkie/ comms cabler will be able to get closer to what you actually want to do then using very high systems for mid range homes Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal Re: The next generation of technology ... What is it? 16May 05, 2013 8:46 am Lifx does work as normal with the regular switch. I just checked the Phillips one; it is a little cheaper - 60, versus 75-79 - cheaper but you have to buy through apple and have an iphone/ipad. I'm pretty sure cbus can do more, and cbus can work with any bulb so you're not stuck with one (which does limit the aesthetics... they're not ugly exactly, but they're not 'pretty' either). On the other hand, they look way way more user friendly than cbus, which even as a tech-minded person, I find hard to get a handle on. Side note: I think a lot of the problem with cbus right now is that it is so hard to find a good explanation of what it can do and a guide to what is needed for it to do it. I know it can control lights and program switches to switch various groups on and off. I know it can be programmed to turns things on and off at certain times or in response to certain events. But I find it really really hard to work out how this kind of thing is achieved by cbus. I can only guess at how it could integrate more complex requirements; even though the pretty marketing waffles says it can do more, there is no substance to the waffle. I want a system controlled by an app on my tablet or software on my computer, where it can list alllll the components; input components (sensors, switches), output components (lights, motors, locks...) and give me a simple drag-drop way to link them into if/then/or/else logic statements. So, say I pick an IF starter. I drag in a sensor - say a light sensor - and enter the value above which I want the IF to kick in. Then I drag in the component it is to control - a motor for a blind - and ok the whole statement. I can then add the statement to a program, encapsulate it in a time restriction and then add to a program, or save for future use. New components or replacements should be easy to add to the system. On top of that, I want it to be able to show me a visual of components with their status and be able to switch things like lights on and off by tapping them on the graphic/list, and activate programs like 'all gone for the day' easily. So far, home automation hasn't got to that level of user-friendliness. I suspect that if I want that kind of interface, I'm going to have to learn how to program it myself. HD Land settled May '14. Building the PD Hoffman39: 5/11=site start, 13/11=slab pour, 26/11=frame complete, 10/12=roof on, 12/12=bricking started. Blog: http://jyndeira.net/blog/ Re: The next generation of technology ... What is it? 17May 05, 2013 9:53 am paulw11 bradster181 Great Tech at a much more affordable cost than controlled lighting via C Bus... C-Bus cost me approximately $200 per circuit (and a circuit may have 6 lights on it) but has much more flexibility. The one thing I don't like about these lights (or the Philips ones or what ever) is that you have to mess around with your phone just to turn a light on/off - you can't just use the switch by the doorway. With C-Bus I have iphone control plus the switch by the door plus my alarm can control them and so on. I do think that Mesh wireless control may be the way of the future - ZWave has a lot of support and it has some standard wall switches you can use. I will have a read of your thread, as the price I got for what I thought was some pretty limited controlled lighting was 25K, this was to only do the main living areas and theater.... Re: The next generation of technology ... What is it? 18May 05, 2013 9:58 am The big saving comes from programming it yourself - rather than use an integrator I got my electrician to install the C-Bus equipment I supplied (you can get it at a reasonable price from eBay). I was also able to do the low-voltage cabling myself because I was using an independent builder who was happy for me to be on site. There is a bit of learning involved, but all of the commissioning software and training courses are available from Clipsal's web site. Re: The next generation of technology ... What is it? 19May 05, 2013 10:50 am Going to go google C-Bus Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is. MY BUILD THREAD https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65479&p=1035832#p1035832 Re: The next generation of technology ... What is it? 20May 05, 2013 7:58 pm dragonchild ...I can only guess at how it could integrate more complex requirements; even though the pretty marketing waffles says it can do more, there is no substance to the waffle. “C-Bus” is a PLC, a programmable logic controller. You feed it an input and it reacts using a set of rules programed into it. This could be pressing a button on a wall (light switch) and the PLC reacts by turning the power to the light in that room ‘on’. Hold that same button in and the PLC reacts differently (as the input is now a continuous ‘press’, not a ‘tap’) by dimming that light. That’s the basic system that most people will use it for. Where C-Bus becomes quite useful is where it controls a lot more than lights, e.g. having a rain senor to automatically close lourve windows, a wind and temp sensor can send signals to open the louvres that will best prompt cross ventilation through a room or if the conditions get too hot, close the windows and blinds on the ‘hot’ side of the house and take control of the AC system to cool the house. It can also be used to control pumps to move water around a properties dams/tanks based on information the unit receives from level sensors. It all comes down to what you want to automate, what rules that ‘thing’ has to follow and then what sensors (inputs) it needs to follow a logic process and then react. 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