Starlight Cascade Home Automation Page

Page last updated: 2007 August 31

Home Automation is pretty much about what it sounds like... automating your home in various means and methods.
We started off with a few X-10 modules and a controller. In general X10 is convenient and practical. In practice, it can sometimes be very disconcerting (having bright lights turn on in the middle of the night all by themselves!).

  • See our Weather Station, online since 2002.
  • The next project involves MisterHouse.

    To date (2005 August) after trying each new version of Misterhouse, my general impressions are:

  • It takes more horsepower than I have available (500 MHz)
  • It runs better under windows than linux redhat 8/9
  • It desperately needs a wizard like first time configuration script. I keep putting in a new version, then try to find the TV guide codes for my non-USA area, put it in, restart and still get default TV listings! arrg! Dozens of other examples are like this.

    Other Links

  • http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ncherry/
  • http://www.misterhouse.net/
  • http://home-automation.org/
  • http://www.x10.com/
  • http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ncherry/
  • http://www.smarthome.com/