I guess it helps to do more research on the product before asking question, my 
bad. 

Zwave has very competitive list of products.



Tushar


> On Jan 8, 2017, at 11:31 AM, Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have installed the Honeywell smart thermostats for two way radio repeater 
> communication rooms on Franklin mountains .  Emails client when temperature 
> varies from his desired levels.   Our summers get toasty so that is his main 
> concern... Ice build up on antennas does happen but not much you can do about 
> it safely.   
> 
>> On Jan 8, 2017 10:20 AM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
>> What he said...
>>  
>> From: Tushar Patel
>> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 6:40 AM
>> To: af@afmug.com
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation
>>  
>> 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 <p...@paulstewart.org> 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 <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Joe Novak <jno...@lrcomm.com>
>>> Reply-To: <af@afmug.com>
>>> Date: Friday, January 6, 2017 at 4:13 PM
>>> To: <af@afmug.com>
>>> 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 <iluvbroadb...@gmail.com> 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 <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> 
>>> 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 <iluvbroadb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Is there any real money to be made in home automation?  Any recurring 
>>> revenue?  How about headaches and problems?
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  

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