Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Your Connected Home. What have you done / what do you ne 93Jun 06, 2017 5:04 pm 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 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 40012 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 23763 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 18234 |