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PLC Registers

If you are a new programmable logic controller (PLC) user, you will find that each PLC manufacturer has their own conventions on the use of numbers...

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SLIMP3 Network Audio Player

The SLIMP3 is a network audio device that decodes MP3s to play on your home stereo, streaming them from your PC’s hard drive via your home network...

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XP Interactions with UPnP™-Based IGDs

This document actually started as a combination of several threads from the email reflector for the Internet Gateway Device (IGD) Working Committee...

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Omni LT Security and Home Automation System

HAI (Home Automation Inc.) has been in the business of Home Security and Automation for many years and my experience with them has always been...

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Volume Control with Prog Logic Controller

Home audio systems are becoming more and more important to new homeowners. They have AM/FM receivers, CD players, satellite/cable, and even the...

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Volume Control with Prog Logic Controller

System integration is becoming an important issue in the home automation scene. New homes have a number of systems: security, heating, lighting...

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Marantz SR9200 Home Theater Receiver

Home Theater equipment abounds in today’s marketplace and manufacturers must have a very hard time distinguishing themselves from the rest of the...

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Another Wireless Standard?

Actually, it would is unfair to dub the work of the IEEE 802.15.3 High Rate WPAN (wireless personal area network) Task Group as “another” wireless...

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HomeSeer

Picture this: You are out of town, left in a hurry and forgot to change your thermostats before you left. The vision of dollars going up in smoke...

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Remote Anywhere

Need to control your entertainment system from another room? This solution from Terk may be just what you are looking for. The Remote Anywhere...

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X10 Technology

I’m often asked when, where, and why X10 technology was developed. Having recently celebrated my 25th Anniversary with X10, I thought this would be a...

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Dave Rye @ X10

I’m often asked when, where, and why X10 technology was developed. Having recently celebrated my 25th Anniversary with X10, I thought this would be a...

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The Home Gadgets Tour

From Makita, the name synonymous with the highest quality power tools, comes an innovative automatic drapery opener system. The system installs...

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Digital X-10: Which One Should I Use?

Have you ever wondered how much you can find out about yourself on the internet? (However, if you haven’t and would rather not read about my...

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Marantz RC2000 MKII

From the kitchen comes a familiar voice echoing through the airwaves … “Harold … get in here and do these dishes right now”. Poor Harold quickly...

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INTRODUCTION TO THE SMART HOUSE® SYSTEM

Introduction This article is an excerpt from a report entitled, Home Automation and Utility Customer Services, written by Dr. Wacks and published by...

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PLC Applications

In the February 1997 issue of HTINews was an introductory article on programmable logic controllers (PLC). In that article the system hardware was...

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Some Common X-10 Questions and Answers

Q. I would like to install a security system in my home, I don’t think that a local siren is enough and would like a system that calls out for help...

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MASS – Version 2.0

Mass is a Home Automation software system that really concentrates on what the name implies (Multimedia Automation Software System). This rich...

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Which One Should I Use – Part III

Well, actually, before we get to “which one should I use (“part trey”), we have some unfinished business to discuss. First, in the April HTI issue, I...

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Home Plug and Play for Consumer Electronics

Everyday products operating together to make life a little better. That’s what Home Plug and Play(TM) (HPnP(TM) is all about. It is an industry...

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Which One Should I Use – Part II

To all of you who enjoyed and benefited from my other articles, thank you for your nice emails. This one is a continuation of my first “Which One...

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