Swizzle Stick Theater - Page 3

I got sidetracked working on our Lutron whole-house lighting control system (which also controls the home theater). Bought a used ($4K if new) processor on eBay for $599, to replace our 11-year-old processor which was only controllable via RS-232. The one bought used off eBay includes an Ethernet TCP/IP networking interface, which now lets me reconfigure everything via WiFi from my laptop, as well as lets family members control all lighting remotely via Lutron apps running on iPhones and iPads.

Also had to upgrade Lutron software on the laptop from older Homeworks Interactive to newer Homeworks Illuminations, while preserving all the programming and configurations.

Unfortunately found out that 4 of the the circuits (controlling about a dozen lights) on the D48 board of the Lutron processor bought off eBay don't work, so some of the VAREO switches in the house are no longer remotely controllable by the processor. Am currently trying to determine if I can substitute the D48 board from our original older processor for the malfunctioning D48 board in the newer processor.

So the bottom line is that I hope to get back to finishing the theater as soon as I fix the whole-house lighting system.

You have to buy Nailor grilles from one of their "local" distributors/representatives. I purchased mine from an HVAC supplier, Metropolitan Equipment Group in Greenbelt, MD, since northern VA is located within their territory. I just called them up on the phone, told them what I wanted from the catalog, and provided a credit card number. The grilles were direct shipped to my home.

You can look up the distributor for your location/territory by going to www.nailor.com and clicking on "REP LOCATOR."