Folks,
I've been a member for a while and read a lot of what a lot of you have said. Now its my turn to put it in action.
I recently purchased a "smart" home at a deep discount with the following rooms:
With the home purchase came the following centralized equipment:
All the components are centrally located in a closet in a server rack. Cat5 drops are already in each room and component baluns are being used. Currently the setup uses the inputs of the TV's and Universal Remote Control (MX-350) macro programming to switch inputs and video. The crestrons don't appear to be used at all at this point.
I think I want to go HDMI to each room and use a HDMI matrix switcher/router. The previous owner pointed me to their installer who said that he stayed away from multi-room HDMI distributions due to the many handshake issues he's seen. What are your HW recommendations?
Ultimately, I want to control the HVAC in the house (all three), Garage doors, Security, Pool pumps, external lighting and irrigation via a central control point. I'd love to do all this via an app on my iPad, iTouch or iPhone. What are your recommendations on this.
I've been a member for a while and read a lot of what a lot of you have said. Now its my turn to put it in action.
I recently purchased a "smart" home at a deep discount with the following rooms:
- Master Bed - TV
- Master Bath -TV w/surround
- Two Bedrooms - TV
- Office - TV
- Sitting Area - TV
- Living room - TV w/surround
- Basement Billards room - TV w/surround
- Basememt Family room - TV w/surround
- Basement Game room - TV w/surround
- Outside Pool x2 - TV
- Pool house lounge - TV w/surround
With the home purchase came the following centralized equipment:
- Kscape server 1U
- Kscape K5K Movie Player (1080i max)
- Kscape K6K Movie Player (1080p max)
- Kscape K4K Music Player (4 zones)
- Crestron Pro2
- Crestron Pro w/RF
- Elan V85 component Switch
- Key Digital KD-MSW8x4PRO
- 4-SAT DVR's
- 1-Blue-Ray Player
- 9-HD LCD TV's 32" - 55" (in the rooms listed above)
- Misc other RF remotes and small AV distrib. gear etc.
All the components are centrally located in a closet in a server rack. Cat5 drops are already in each room and component baluns are being used. Currently the setup uses the inputs of the TV's and Universal Remote Control (MX-350) macro programming to switch inputs and video. The crestrons don't appear to be used at all at this point.
I think I want to go HDMI to each room and use a HDMI matrix switcher/router. The previous owner pointed me to their installer who said that he stayed away from multi-room HDMI distributions due to the many handshake issues he's seen. What are your HW recommendations?
Ultimately, I want to control the HVAC in the house (all three), Garage doors, Security, Pool pumps, external lighting and irrigation via a central control point. I'd love to do all this via an app on my iPad, iTouch or iPhone. What are your recommendations on this.
