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Originally Posted by Sly
If you follow through and get this I would be very interested to see how it goes.
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definitely will. im headed to Lowes tomorrow morning to pick one of these bad boys up
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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth
I think they try to charge you $12.99 a month for that. I am currently researching this stuff and already have some z-wave items purchased.
I have a touchscreen setup on the wall and I am going to use it to control all my lighting. Still waiting on my USB thinkstick which is what will allow the PC to control the z-wave devices. (right now I just use a handheld remote)
I figure once I have everything up and running, I will just use logmein.com to remotely access my computer running the zwave stuff. Sure beats paying Schlage 12.99 a month. You have to make sure you purchase the right software / hardware though, as the Schlage locks are not totally compatible with the older zwave stuff.
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$12.99 a month kinda blows, but being able to control everything from my iPhone is worth it IMO. In the past ive looked into a lot of home automation stuff and nothing really worked out to well.
I bought some stuff from x10.com (or whatever that site is) and blows. I have an RF remote that is supposed to control all of that (logitech 900) but doesnt because they use some other frequency.
Im not as concerned about using the PC as I am my iPhone or remote control. My old apt in LA was sick. I spent a LOT of time and money hooking that place up. I had 6 network cameras (1 pointing outside, 1 at the bedroom window outside, 1 at the front door in the hallway, 1 in the garage and 2 in the house for security when I was gone) and had this crazy lighting setup where I got motion sensors and attached them to some dim lighting so at night when i had to pee or get a drink, i would have some light without turning on a switch... i really miss that place
