Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Your Connected Home. What have you done / what do you ne 87May 14, 2017 8:52 pm It might be that Argus Technologies, the electrical supplier at PD might be a jack of all trades and master of none. Independent suppliers in the market on lighting, home entertainment, home automation, home security and home networking seem to offer a much wider and deeper level of expertise and service. I can only imagine the potential that exists with this first mover advantage that Argus enjoys of getting into a home with this potent combination of home offerings. If its really played right, its a lucrative business strategy. But for now, mummies and daddies only have each other to share and support and to find the way forward in deciding the electrical requirements of their new homes. In that light, the forum here and the mates here are awesome. Thank-you for your tips Hurrow. Re: Your Connected Home. What have you done / what do you ne 88May 14, 2017 8:56 pm Happy to look at your plans and make suggestions, but it largely depends on your needs & how much you are willing to spend. PM Me if you have any questions... A few pointers: - As Hurrow mentoined, some of the electrical designers are clueless, so you will have to ask for someone better informed, or ask them for a custom quote from the Argus office. - They can pre-wire as many speaker & data points as you need. Just make sure you have them mark the points on your plan, and think about where you want to terminate them. I have decided to use my under stairs area for storing my AV equipment. - Mark the areas you need network points inside the house. Definitely worth getting it done by them if you are building a double storey, as it will be costly to retrofit later. (Actually you don't have a choice!) . While considering network points, also think about network camera locations or, if you are happy to go wireless later - they offer some standard packages for home security. If you are happy with them, go for it, otherwise ask them for other options via a custom quote Re: Your Connected Home. What have you done / what do you ne 89May 14, 2017 9:08 pm Hello Sinbox, thank-you very much for your kind offer. I have their complete set of product brochures and price lists. The challenge is however deciding what you need for each of the home needs and also future-proofing it. Maybe I will PM you soon. Re: Your Connected Home. What have you done / what do you ne 90May 15, 2017 12:11 pm sinbox Happy to look at your plans and make suggestions, but it largely depends on your needs & how much you are willing to spend. PM Me if you have any questions... A few pointers: - As Hurrow mentoined, some of the electrical designers are clueless, so you will have to ask for someone better informed, or ask them for a custom quote from the Argus office. - They can pre-wire as many speaker & data points as you need. Just make sure you have them mark the points on your plan, and think about where you want to terminate them. I have decided to use my under stairs area for storing my AV equipment. - Mark the areas you need network points inside the house. Definitely worth getting it done by them if you are building a double storey, as it will be costly to retrofit later. (Actually you don't have a choice!) . While considering network points, also think about network camera locations or, if you are happy to go wireless later - they offer some standard packages for home security. If you are happy with them, go for it, otherwise ask them for other options via a custom quote It's interesting that we got different answers on the data points, I would have liked to have a few more for various rooms but was definitely told that this wasn't an option. It wasn't a big deal as I figured WiFi will probably do for most stuff and I'm confident that I have enough, one or two more might have been handy down the track though. Building a Kew 28 with Porter Davis Re: Your Connected Home. What have you done / what do you ne 93Jun 06, 2017 5:04 pm My wife just sends me Facebook messages. Gen Y... Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 Re: Your Connected Home. What have you done / what do you ne 94Jun 23, 2017 9:49 pm I was asked to post here by "Sinbox" about my current home and future home plans, because I'm currently renting, I'm limited to what I can and can't do, so here is are my lists of smarthome devices. Current Products
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So with all of my current products, they are all using wifi, where as my fure products will be using a mix of Wired, Wireless 2.4 Ghz / 5 Ghz and Z-Wave. Depending on your wireless router / access point, you may start running into problems when you have over 32 devices per wireless radio, and most 802.11 IoT devices only use the 2.4 Ghz range, so if your not planning on installing a proper wireless solution then you may wanna look at the Netgear Orbi solution, as it can support 250 devices per radio. http://www.netgear.com.au/home/products/networking/orbi/ For people looking at installing a proper wireless solution into their house, then I highly recommend a Ubiquiti Networks Unifi solution. https://unifi-hd.ubnt.com/ If you gone this route, then you can create multiple VLANs and Wireless SSID's, which will allow you to seperate all your IoT gear onto they're own wireless networks restricting traffic from your normal network preventing any future IoT hack which might own any of your smart home devices and gaining access to your network Future House Build
In regards to multi-room audio, I'd stay away from Sonos and look more at the Yamaha MusicCast or Denon Heos range of products, as they support a wider range of streaming sources and devices, vs the closed system like Sonos, don't get me wrong Sonos make a great product and is easy to use, I just prefer a more open solution and as such decided to go with the Yamaha range of devices. I already have a Yamaha RX-A3060 and a Yamaha SRT-1500 along with Samsung Smart TV's which allow me to run the Plex Client which connects to my NAS running the Plex Server, streaming all my media over my home network and to my mobile devices when I'm out and about, depending on your Internet connections uplink speed. I also have a HDHomeRun Connect, which allows me to record to live TV to my NAS and stream to all my mobile devices, there is also an addon for my Plex server which allows me to stream live TV remotely, obviously this is null and void now that there is the Freeview FV app for Android and IOS, but all depends on your requirements i guess. As for security camera's I'd stay away from Duhua, HikVision or Foscam or in that fact any other cheap chinese branded cameras. http://thehackernews.com/2017/06/online-ip-camera-hacking.html If you can afford more expensive cameras, then look at Axis, Vivotek or GeoVision, also when looking at cameras, make sure they support the h265 codec vs the older h264 codec, as well as the resolution and frame rate. Cheaper camera's may support 720p or 1080p, but you'll notice that the frame rate drops down to like 12fps. So my requirements for cameras where to be 1080p with atleast 30fps if not 60fps using the h265 codec. For NAS's I would only recommend two brands:
Both of these NAS vendors have surviellance software solutions for recording and storing your camera footage, as well as mobile clients for accessing the cameras remotly. For anyone looking at future proofing their core network infrastruce Ubiquiti is planning on release a new range of products supporting 10G, which will fit perfectly for anyone with FTTP NBN. Ubiquiti reveal new products, bring 10G and high density client support to their products https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/778152-ubiquiti-reveal-new-products-bring-10g-and-high-density-client-support-to-their-products/ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Your Connected Home. What have you done / what do you ne 95Jun 23, 2017 10:36 pm Another nice product Aumi Mini - A smart notification light & nightlight https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aumi/aumi-mini-a-smart-notification-light-and-nightligh?r Your Connected Home. What have you done / what do you need? 96Jun 24, 2017 7:05 am @JoBro: 1. You clearly have a lot of money and time on your hands. I couldn't even imagine installing all that stuff let alone doing the research to get there. 2. What is a "proper" wireless solution? 3. What is closed about the Sonos ecosystem? 4. Who are you? Do you work in this field or something? Re: Your Connected Home. What have you done / what do you ne 97Jun 24, 2017 7:26 am arcadelt @JoBro: 1. You clearly have a lot of money and time on your hands. I couldn't even imagine installing all that stuff let alone doing the research to get there. 2. What is a "proper" wireless solution? 3. What is closed about the Sonos ecosystem? 4. Who are you? Do you work in this field or something? A proper wireless solution, is a system with many access points managed by a central control unit, such as the Unifi solution from Ubiquity Networks. Sonos is a great system and is slowly getting better in its ability support services that other brands have supported from the get go, such as Spotify native support vs having to have it streamed via the app on your device, rather than simply using the Spotify app to simple act as a remote. If your doing proper Av, your going to want to have a proper AV amp such as the ones from Yamaha or denon which sonos don't currently have, if your only after simple single speakers or a sound bar, then yeah sonos are great, but I'd still only recommend them for simple unit installs. As for who I am, I'm just someone with a keen interest in this area, who's been working in I.T. for over 15 years, and looking at specializing in home automation and security. Re: Your Connected Home. What have you done / what do you ne 98Jun 24, 2017 7:32 am GLO I'm also pla. Ing on under the stairs for my networking modem, switch etc. Makes sense for the app to go there too then. What is everyone doing for Intercom? Check out the Nucleus Life, or the Amazon Echo Show. The Nucleus Life has been around for a while and was developed with the assistance of Amazon, although Amazon has gone on to create the Echo Show. The reason I like the Nucleus Life is that it can be wall mounted and powered via PoE from the network switch, where as the Echo Show is a free standing unit, which needs to be placed on a flat surface and be powered from a power point. Both currently require to be grey imported from America, and the Echo Show is due to be released for purchase in the next month or so, hopefully when Amazon officially open here in Australia at the end of the year, these products will be available for local purchase. Re: Your Connected Home. What have you done / what do you ne 99Jun 24, 2017 8:40 am Thanks for posting your list here JoBro and welcome to the forum! This thread serves to provide ideas for future & current home builders. Not everyone needs to install everything, but there are so many things out there...like the Roost 9v Battery which effectively converts your dumb smoke alarm to a smart one! Re: Your Connected Home. What have you done / what do you ne 100Jun 24, 2017 8:44 am JoBro GLO What is everyone doing for Intercom? Check out the Nucleus Life, or the Amazon Echo Show. Would you be able to use 1 echo show along with multiple dots as an intercom system? Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 40566 Hi All, I just wanted to close this topic out with an update. So we ended up agreeing to a number with the insurance company, and after an extensive amount of hand… 8 24253 You have mandatory building inspections and privately engaged building inspections. The difference between the two comes down to inspecting the building so it's safe and… 3 18461 |