Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation

Get the home of tomorrow, today! Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation will help you turn your ordinary home into a high-tech haven. Want to schedule your lights to turn on while you're on vacation? Stuck late at work and want to start the roast you put in the crock pot this morning?

You can make it all happen with the help of X10 Home Automation and the existing 240V electrical wiring in your home, find out how with this step-by-step tutorial. Through simple, do-it-yourself instructions, you will be able to control lights, appliances and more throughout your house. Complete with illustrations and photographs, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation will have you riding the wave of the future in no time.

Includes information on many X10 products, ideas, solutions, technical tips and more!  Although this book is aimed at beginners the amount of information it contains is extensive.  Chapters include:

Understanding Home Technologies
Getting Started with X10 Home Automation
Strategies for Adding Home Technology Features
Using X10 to Control Home Lighting
Using X10 to Control Appliances
Using Timers and Advanced Remotes for X10
Using X10 to control HVAC Systems
Using X10 to Control Exterior Landscaping
Using X10 to Provide Security
Accessing X10 Home Control Via Telephone
Accessing X10 Home Control Via Your Home Computer
Accessing X10 Home Control Via Your Home Network and the Internet

Publisher: QUE    Author: Mark Edward Soper    366 pages

Note: This book is written primarily for the US market and some product examples used are not available in New Zealand.  The principles described are still applicable to equivalent New Zealand products.