Do you have part list you used you can share? You mentioned Zwave. What else?
Tushar > On Jan 8, 2017, at 5:58 AM, Paul Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > My house used to run purely on Control4 system .. professionally installed > and quite expensive. I got sick of $125 service calls for rather simple > stuff to be done and decided to replace it with a DYI system…. The Control4 > system with labour and service calls etc set me back around $25k in total. > > Right now with the DYI system I have probably $4k invested plus my time … at > most. Zero monthly subscription, zero headaches …. And no service calls. > > The one part though that I think a lot of folks overlook (as I did) is > working with electrical in your house … I replaced outlets and switches for > example and the zwave stuff I used is much deeper than normal switches – I > wish now that I had just hired an electrician to mess around with that stuff > in particular as it’s not something I do every day kind of thing …. > > I know someone in my area that does home automation for a living … done it > for years. He is very busy … his main clients are folks who have cottages > and wish to remotely control/monitor their properties especially during times > they are not visiting it very much … > > Paul > > > > From: Af <[email protected]> on behalf of Joe Novak <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, January 6, 2017 at 4:13 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation > > https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/ > > Just reading that a little bit may peak your interest in the DIY stuff. I am > considering setting up a system at home. https://home-assistant.io/ is the > software I'd like to use to run it. > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:48 PM, jay weekley <[email protected]> wrote: > That's what I was wondering. I look at the stuff Lowe's and wonder how many > people have the knowledge to set it all up but I have zero knowledge in the > products. Maybe it's time to automate my thermostat. > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> wrote: > There is so much do it yourself gear out there now I would think the only > money would be in the very high end stuff. Things you probably have to focus > as a sole business. > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:23 AM jay weekley <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there any real money to be made in home automation? Any recurring > revenue? How about headaches and problems? > >
