on a road from Lordsburg NM to Douglas, Az. I noticed these small observatories close to what looked like nice homes. I asked Lordsburg IT guy who lives in Rodeo off this road. Says these homes belong to eastern Yanks who use them as vacation and hunting homes plus access their telescopes from home via Internet... Most have automation that he troubleshoots once in a while. I have done cameras and two way radio for several hunting ranches in Marta, Texas. The pay is good. I want to go out after cellular boosters for them as well.
On Jan 8, 2017 4:58 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? > > > > >
