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X10 startup system just ordered
NiN^_^NiN:
I'm using my voice so i don't have to use a remote lol
My pc is on 24x7 so i can just say what i want and it's done.
Im setting mine up to only control the lower level of my town house
I'm using it to turn my lamp, tv, dvd for now and will use an IR sender to send commands for things like change the channel etc.
I am looking at a rf controlled module aswell for the downlights so i can hook that up and say something like "Movie Time" which will set the tv to VGA input and loadup my html htpc interface i made and turn the lights off/dimm and maybe turn on 5.1 system if i bother with one.
I'm also mounting my tv to the wall and having an actuator behind it with a canvas over the tv so when the tv isn't in use i have a nice piece of art and when it's in use it slides up above the tv :) i can easily attach this to the power board aswell so it will show the tv automatically when i say "tv on" etc.
Otherwise i myself don't have any other use for the system im making to be honest. Im doing this more as a concept that i can do these cool things with such a small budget :)
protokatie:
Voice only works if the area is rather quiet. I need button control. Buttons listen when others have been rendered deaf. Besides, I watch a lot of ST:V and ST:TNG, I dont want that interfering with my lights and/or warp core.
Ed_McCarron:
Yeah. Nothing worse than Picard issuing the self destruct order and the next thing you know it your apartment blows up.
NiN^_^NiN:
I am currently going through the star trek series myself and i haven't had any issues with placing commands so far and the voice control software im using is set to your voice so it really doesn't listen to anyone else saying the same commands which is handy but also a downside but in my situation not really for me.
I could always have a remote handy and use that with the computer aswell or i could get one of them remotes with the mic and use that.
I don't watch tv or will have tv hooked up to my tv at all (haven't watched it in 5 years now) but i do watch alot of tv shows i have on the pc and on the net so thats really the main reason i got a hdtv and for my video game systems.
Will have to see how my homemade system goes.
I would like to see a video of the X10 setup in one of your guys apartment to see how well it works :)
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