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I know I know.. another post asking for your suggestions. SORRY!!
I recently bought my first home (approx. 4 months ago). I was luckily able to bid on the home while it was in the beginning stages of construction, so I was able to get in there and run quite a big of wiring I wanted before the drywall got put up. In-wall speakers in the living room, in-ceiling speakers in various rooms throughout the house, component and HDMI cabling in-wall for my wall mounted 52" LCD.
Anyhow, Im starting to get the itch to do a couple of other things to make my house unique from most of the other home owners I know. First upon these is begin swapping out many of my light switches for automated style dimmers.
I currently havent purchased any hardware and thats where I am looking for some help. This would be my first stab at completing such a job. I am an EE and have a pretty good knowledge of how everything works - but since not having used any of the products not sure what direction to head in. I had originally been looking into Insteon products, and recently came across Lutron as well.
Our house has a pretty open floor plan with the living room, dining room, and kitchen all open to one another. So for starters I am definitely wanting to get started on these rooms. I have another thread in the remote control category as well - as Im also looking for a universal remote. I would like to get lighting products that I can control with a single remote - I dont want to have a dedicated remote for lighting only.
The following remotes have already been suggested:
Nevo Q50
Harmony 890
URC MX-900
URC MX-980
Along the lines of remotes - I want something that is single hand usable.
With the above as the criteria for my Automated lighting needs.. what do you guys suggest?
NOTE: Most of the locations where the switches are located are not in direct LOS with my main sitting area - thus I asked for remotes that had RF capabilities (and/or Z-Wave). So obviously the dimmers would need to follow suit.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
I recently bought my first home (approx. 4 months ago). I was luckily able to bid on the home while it was in the beginning stages of construction, so I was able to get in there and run quite a big of wiring I wanted before the drywall got put up. In-wall speakers in the living room, in-ceiling speakers in various rooms throughout the house, component and HDMI cabling in-wall for my wall mounted 52" LCD.
Anyhow, Im starting to get the itch to do a couple of other things to make my house unique from most of the other home owners I know. First upon these is begin swapping out many of my light switches for automated style dimmers.
I currently havent purchased any hardware and thats where I am looking for some help. This would be my first stab at completing such a job. I am an EE and have a pretty good knowledge of how everything works - but since not having used any of the products not sure what direction to head in. I had originally been looking into Insteon products, and recently came across Lutron as well.
Our house has a pretty open floor plan with the living room, dining room, and kitchen all open to one another. So for starters I am definitely wanting to get started on these rooms. I have another thread in the remote control category as well - as Im also looking for a universal remote. I would like to get lighting products that I can control with a single remote - I dont want to have a dedicated remote for lighting only.
The following remotes have already been suggested:
Nevo Q50
Harmony 890
URC MX-900
URC MX-980
Along the lines of remotes - I want something that is single hand usable.
With the above as the criteria for my Automated lighting needs.. what do you guys suggest?
NOTE: Most of the locations where the switches are located are not in direct LOS with my main sitting area - thus I asked for remotes that had RF capabilities (and/or Z-Wave). So obviously the dimmers would need to follow suit.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.