Home Automation DIY - Preparation III

trong>Warning: Remember that electricity is very- To automate our project home automation sprinkler
dangerous and will kill you in a heartbeat. Electricity cansystem we replace the existing system with a
also start fires very easily, and fires can also kill you.Rain8net which can drive up to 2040 irrigation zones
The best way to get your home wired is by a certifiedor valves.
professional who knows your local codes.- We will use the Pro version as all valve wires and
- Securityconnections are protected against lighting surges as
- Home automation security can include everythingwell as the RS232 and network connections are
from burglary to fire and flooding detection. For thisprotected against ESD and lighting - more expensive
project we will focus on the two first. As we selectedthan the standard one but much more protected.
the HAI Omni IIe Pro, we can have 16 security zones,- We will add a weather station to monitor the local
up to 16 keypads, 4 2-wires smoke loops, 176 4-wiresweather to avoid watering during windy days or when
smoke detectors and 2 64-zones wireless detectors.the weekly total of rain is over 1" for example.
Plenty of room to secure any house.Audio distribution
- We will place smoke detectors in each room but the- For this home automation project, we will do grand
kitchen (verify your local code just in case),a CO2and us the NuVo Grand Concerto line of products.
detector next to the furnace and next to each- With six audio source inputs for multi-source
fireplace, a wireless glass-break detector for eachcapability including iPod and PCs, and up to eight
window, a wireless recessed door detector for eachlistening zones (expandable to sixteen zones) the
outside door, a wireless garage door detector forGrand Concerto will offer everything we need.
each door, one 4-button Keyfob for each family- We can add several NuVo OLED to control the
member and one vandalism proof keypad for eachmusic or use the HAI color LCD panels.
outside door.- As a source we will add a Sirius tuner, a NuVO
- Some detector will need to be wired unless we useMusic server and several NuVo music ports.
the ITI GE Wireless Smoke Detectors associated with- We can choose any type of speakers within the
the HAI Receiver for GE.Grand Concerto range.
Monitoring (play room, spa, yard...)- Wiring will be toughest part as speakers will need to
- For this project we will use a Network Digital Videoget connected to the NuVo system.
Recorder (NDVR) is a device that transmits video andHome theater
audio data via network in real-time. The server- To build our home theater we will base it on a fix
converts the analog video signals and audio signals intoHDTV projection screen about 150" diagonal a
digital data and compresses them for on-linenetwork based HDTV projector and a NuVo based
transmission.sound system.
- A NDVR records video based on motion or any- It will be pricey but the video and audio quality will be
other event and the recordings may be viewed on orthe same as a real theater.
offsite. We will include a software to allows us to view- Using network based video equipment with allow to
live and recorded video for up to 16 cameras at thewatch web based news and movies, to switch to
same time. We will implement one NDVR but oursecurity cameras without leaving the theater and why
system supports multiple NDVRs in one installation.not do some work while watching a game.
- A NDVR can be installed stand-alone, with videoSpa and swimming pool management
viewed via its embedded web server but we will use it- Spas and swimming pools management is quite easy
in conjunction with our HAI OmniPro IIe so camerasbut you'll need to have it prepared and wired by a
can be viewed on OmniTouch 5.7e, OmniTouch 8,certified professional.
OmniTouch Portables, over the Internet, or even a- We will use remote wired thermostat sensors to
Smartphone.measure the temperature, why not chemical sensor to
- For this project we will use one HAI NDVRprovide dry contact as soon as the chemical level
connected to 4 wireless analog cameras - one for thegoes below a predefined point - this can set an alarm
play room, one for the SPA, one for the front yardoff or run a macro on the OmniPro to power on a
and one for the backyard, these two last one will workdelivery method.
with motion detector and 3 axis control. We will add a- Using the OmniPro input and output contact, it's very
250Gb USB external hard drive to increase the NDVReasy to prepare macro to run pumps, heating units and
storage capacity. Two OmniTouch 8 will complete ouralarms.
selection as well as a Web/TV inferface.- This has to be done by a certified professional to
- We can later add a second NDVR to increase themake sure the installation is safe. Remember water +
camera count to 8.electricity = big problem.
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