Home Automation Question

[Jeffrey Creem]

Travis Roy wrote:

> I've had some talkes with Brian (Karas) about this, but I wanted to 
> open it up.
>
> Hopefully (now that the seller finally signed the P&S) I will soon be 
> a home owner. I've messed with small (firecracker) X10 stuff but in an 
> apartment it's kind of weird and not the best place to do it.
>
> Anybody have any experience with this, specifically with Linux? We're 
> mostly insterested in distribution of a stereo system, but light 
> control, security, appliances, are all on the list of things to check 
> out.
>
> I looked at Mr. House (www.misterhouse.net) but that looks hugely 
> complicated.
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I still use X10 stuff but went away from computer control a few years 
ago when my computer X-10 adapter started acting odd. (A few nights of 
the bedroom lights coming on in the middle of the night and it was time 
to pull the plug).
In the area of security if you are looking at cameras I really recommend 
www.zoneminder.com.
It is a very complete Linux package for Security camera management and 
it can interface to X10 products as well.