[mythtv-users] Home Automation + MythTV/Linux

[Mw]

Mitch Gore wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to start working in the home automation area of Myth/Linux.
> Any one have some good reads or experience in the area?  I did some reading
> online but is very scattered/incomplete.
> 
> Right now im looking to do some simple lighting control in my Theater.  Ie
> turn the lights off with a button push via lirc or turn them off when video
> is playing, turn lamp on when viewing menus, etc.
> 
> Suggestions?

The X10 and other UPB stuff is sometimes reliable, sometimes not. For 
every horror story I come across there's a success story. YMMV.

If you are in the States (possibly elsewhere), I think you may be 
looking for the Lutron Spacer. IR controlled and the codes are very well 
known. Just add an inconspicuous IR blaster to the room.

For a more complex lighting arrangement, say 4-6 multi-scene zones, the 
Lutron Graphic Eye can also be IR controlled and can be triggered via 
blaster or an emitter head inside the workbox.

Whole-home would move into the medium- (C-Bus, RadioRA, Centralight, 
etc.) to upper-priced systems (Lightolier, AMX, etc.)

Hope that helps.

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mw