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How to set up your home security system
OK - I admit it - I'm a geek! An
electronics and computer geek to be exact.
As long as I can remember I have been playing around with "electronic
toys" of all kinds. When I was a kid, I would connect light
switches to strings and pulleys so that I could have a remote
control to turn on or off my bedroom light. I had always
thought that there had to be a better way, but I was younger then.
Once I grew a bit older (I never really "grew up") I finally
discovered that products were available at a reasonable price to do
exactly what I wanted to do all along. This is now call the Home
Automation industry.
Home Automation is basically a fancy phrase for remote
control (and computer controlled) lighting. But there is a
bit more to it. Not only can you control lights by pushing
buttons on the wall or a keypad, you can also put almost any number of
lights and/or appliances under the control of a timer. This
timer can be just a simple device or it can be "programmed" to have
devices turn on or off at various times. In some cases, I also
use infrared (IR) sensors to control various lights and devices
throughout my home.
Just to be clear, these infrared sensors are NOT wired to
anything. When someone (or something) walks across their path,
they transmit a signal to a receiver. This receiver then
sends a code through my house wiring that either turns something on,
or possibly triggers some other event to occur. For example,
I have several wireless security cameras around the outside of
the house that switch on or off based on which sensor was activated
last. I even have a sensor on my mailbox flap (in the garage
door) that sounds a "chime" when the mail is delivered. It also turns
on a small night light so that when I am away from the house, I can
look at the light when I get back to see if I need to go get the mail
from the garage. Pretty cool, don't you think?
All of this has been made possible by X10. Yes, there are
others out there that have similar products, but not at the price that
X10 has them. You see, I am also what some people would call
"thrifty" (others would say cheap). Without the affordable
priced devices from X10, I would probably have a single camera instead
of the many cameras and other home automation devices that I
have now.
To read more about some of my devices and how I use them, please click
below. If you do what I have done, you too can set up your own
home security system.
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